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GENERAL INDEX. 



Skal-Kista, 425 ; the Seal-hook, 

 426 ; the Skrackta, 427; the Skal- 

 Jern, 428 ; another kind, 429 ; 

 the tables turned, 430 ; Persson's 

 adventure, 431 ; his fearful con- 

 test, 432; his fate nearly " sealed," 

 ib. ; Sealing expeditions by water, 

 433 ; the departure, 434 ; sailing 

 on the ice, 435 ; the Seal camp, 

 436 ; attacking it, 437 ; cruel 

 expedients, 438 ; hardships and 

 dangers, 439 ; Sealing expeditions 

 by laud, 440 ; perilous situation, 

 441 ; value of the Seal, 442 ; its 

 medicinal properties, 443. 



Shad, the Twaite, 507. 



Shanny, the, 481. 



Sharks, one destroyed by swallowing 

 the Common Angler, 492 ; 

 different species of, 548 el seq. ; 

 the Porbeagle, 549 ; the Basking 

 Shark, 551; the Greenland Shark, 

 553 ; their voracity, 554. 



Sheldrake, shooting of the, 355. 



Shooting the Capercali and other 

 Game BirJ.o, 37, 38, el ^xi^sim. 



Shooting by LSck, 60. 



Shootiug of Wild Fowl, laughable 

 incident connected with, 273, 274. 



Shooting of Seals, 416. 



Shooting-tub for Wild Fowl, 284. 



Sigrid, Queen of Sweden, her 

 revenge on Olof, King of Norway, 

 298; her sanguinary cruelty, 299. 



Silvery Gade, the, 524. 



Skiil-Berg, the resort of numerous 

 Seals, 430. 



Skiil-Jern, the, for captui'ing Seals, 

 428, 429. 431. 



Skal-Kikare, the Seal telescope, 417. 



Skiil-Kista, a net for capturing Seals, 

 425. 



Skiil-Sten, the, 414, 427. 



Skarbagar, wicker-work frames for 

 walking on the snow, 57 n. 



Skargard, a belt of islands on the 

 coast of Scandinavia, 333 ; its 

 wild scener3', ib. ; its inhabitants, 

 334 ; the various aquatic birds 

 frequenting it, 334 el seq. ; shoot- 

 ing in the, 354 et seq. ; adven- 

 tures there, 356 ; the author's 

 boat, 356, 357 ; bivouac, ib. ; 

 dangerous situation, 358 ; touch 

 and go, ib. ; a disagreeable swim, 

 359 ; how moored, 361. 



SkargS,rds-flotta, of Sweden, 312. 



Skate family, 560 el seq. ; Long- 

 nosed Skate, 561 ; Sharp-nosed 

 or White Pay, 562. 



Skipper, the, 501, 



Skjut-ko, a contrivance in duck- 

 shooting, 280 ; the French one, 

 281. 



Skrackta, the, for capturing Seals, 

 427. 



Slag-bur, for capturing Hawks, 262. 



Slag-Nat, for capturing Hawks, 265. 



Smelts, the, 502, 504 ; the Hebridal, 

 602; the Great Silver-fish, 503. 



Snar-gang, in Sweden, 158. 



Snares for catching the Capercali, 

 63; for taking the Ripa, 155; 

 for capturing birds of prey, 269. 



Snaring the Capercali, 67. 



Snipes, 214 el seq. ; the Solitary 

 Snipe, 214 ; widely dispersed, 

 215 ; its flight, 216 ; retired 

 habits, 217 ; an Alpine bird, 218 ; 

 shuns woodlands, 219; its food, 

 219, 220 et n. ; feeds only by 

 night, 221 ; its lek, 222 ; its 

 song, 223 ; nidification, 224 ; mi- 

 gration, 225 ; shooting at the 

 pairing-ground with the pointer, 

 228 ; nets and snares for catching, 

 230; the Common Snipe, 231; 

 accidental varieties of the, 232 ; 

 its breeding habits, 233 ; drum- 

 ming, i6. ; its variouii designations, 



