106 SPORT IN NORWAY. 
feeding. Thus, in about fifteen years from their firs 
introduction into those parts, they were entirely era- 
dicated. 
I shall now speak of the manner in which the 
Norwegians hunt them. It should, however, first be 
remarked that reindeer always travel against the 
wind, their sensitive organs of smell enabling them 
to detect an enemy at a long distance. Whenever, 
therefore, a westerly wind, for instance, has prevailed 
for any length of time, the hunter may expect to 
find them on the westward side of their favourite 
haunts, and so on. The sportsman will find these 
remarks of general use. 
The regular Norwegian hunter, whose principal sub- 
sistence depends on venison, builds himself a hut of 
stone and earth in the tract he intends to hunt, always 
selecting a place where there is sufficient pasture 
for his horse. From this hut he sallies forth in the 
morning, returning at night if the chase has not led 
him too far away, when either he must bivouac under 
the lee of some rocky ledge, or seek, if possible, 
the friendly shelter of a neighbouring seter. He is 
usually provided with a telescope, and takes his dog 
with him, a little wiry terrier sort of a dog, with 
long pointed nose, short ears, and curly tail. Unless 
itis a prodigy it is held ina leash. These dogs have a 
remarkably keen scent, and when well tramed are a 
