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companion, so numerous as in the north-eastern dis- 
tricts, where the mountains are skirted by inter- 
minable masses of forest, and where the wolves have 
their regular home. 
On the fjelds between Christiania and the province of 
Bergen, and in the Sztersdal fjeld, in the province of 
Christiansand, reindeer are more numerous than in any 
other part of the country. Incredible numbers of 
them are occasionally to be seen about Roldal and 
Voxli. Professor Nilsson, in his ‘ Scandinavian Fauna,’ 
says “that in the beginning of June, 1826, he was 
told that the fjelds for the breadth of about three and a 
half miles were so thickly covered with these animals 
that they resembled an immense flock of sheep. The 
does had just calved, and the young ones were following 
their dams. The herd extended so far that the eye 
could distinguish neither beginning nor end. Ulti- 
mately they divided into three parts,” &. This 
account recalls to mind the statements of the countless 
herds of antelopes in Africa, or of the buffalo in 
America, so often dwelt on by travellers. 
That branch of the Langfjeld which is bounded on 
the north by the Hallingjokul, and on the south by 
Nubseggen, is one of their favourite resorts, Some 
years ago it was by no means rare to meet with herds 
consisting of several hundreds here; and I have been 
only recently informed by a gentleman (now Professor 
