160 STOCKHOLM GAME-MARKET. 



the Northern Provinces is, as said, sent in the winter 

 time to Stockholm. The game-market in that city, during 

 that season, is a most imposing sight, the numher of 

 birds exposed for sale being something like legion. When 

 I was in the capital, years ago, the cost of game w^as very 

 moderate ; say 2s. 6d. to 3s. for a brace — cock and hen — 

 of Capercali, and Black- Cock in proportion ; but at the 

 present day, the price of these birds, as well as of everything 

 else, has, no doubt, greatly risen. 



From Stockholm being thus abundantly su]5plied with 

 game in the winter, a stranger might be led to imagine it 

 must be very plentiful in Scandinavia ; but the opposite 

 is the case. It must always be borne in mind that the 

 200,000 to 300,000 game birds that find their way to 

 the capital during the winter, are the joint capture of 

 half a dozen provinces, more than one of which is some- 

 thing like the size of England itself. 



