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GENERAL INDEX. 



Skal-Kista, 425; the Seal-hook, 

 4211; tin- Skriiekta, 427; the Skiil- 

 Jern, 428; another kiud, 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 land, 440 ; perilous situation, 

 441 ; value of the Seal, 442 ; its 

 medicinal properties, 443. 



Shad, the Twaite, 50". 



Shanny, the, 481. 



Sharks, one destroyed by swallowing 

 the Common Angler, III. : 

 different species of, 548 el seq. \ 

 the Porbeagle, 549 ; the Basking 

 Shark, 551; the Greenland Shark, 

 553 ; their voracity, 554. 



Sheldrake, shooting of the, 3~>~>. 



Shooting the Capercali and other 

 Game Birds, 37, 38, et passim. 



Shooting by Lack, 60. 



Shooting of Wild Fowl, laughable 

 incident connected with, 273, 27 1. 



Shooting of Seals, 11'i. 



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. 



Skal-Berg, the resort of nunier.ni> 

 Seals, 430. 



Skal-Jern, the, for capturing Seals, 

 I2>. 12!), 431. 



Skill Kikare, the Seal telescope, 1 1 7. 



Skiil-Kistii, a net for capturing Seals, 

 U& 



Skal Sten, the, 414, 427. 



Skarbagar, wicker work frames for 

 walking on the snow, ;17 H. 



Skargard, a belt of islands on the 

 coast of Scandinavia, 333 ; it* 

 wild scenery, Hi. ; its inlmbi 1 

 334 ; the various aquatic birds 

 frequenting it, 334 ft .'</. : slioot- 

 ing in the, 354 tt ./. : udven 

 tures there, 356 ; the author's 

 boat, 356, 357; bivouac. Hi.; 

 dangerous situation, 358 ; touch 

 and go, ib. ; a disagreeable swim, 

 359 ; how moored, 3G1. 



SkUi-ardsflotta, of Sweden, 312. 



Skate family, SCO el *</. : l-mig- 

 nosed Skate, 561 ; Sharp-nosed 

 or White Ray, 502. 



Skipper, the, 501. 



Skjut-ko, a contrivance in duck- 

 shooting, 280 ; the French one, 

 281. 



Skiiickta, the, for capturing S. 

 127. 



Slag-bur, for capturing Hawks, 2ii2. 



Slag-Nat, for capturing Hawks. I'li/i. 



Smelts, the, 502, 504 ; the llebridal, 

 502; the Civat Si! ver -fish, 503. 



Snar-gang, in Sweden, 158. 



Snares for catching the Capercali, 

 63; for taking the Kipa, }~>~> . 

 for capturing birds of prey, 2C9. 



Snaring the Capercali, C7. 



Snipes, 21 1 et sc<j. ; the Solitary 

 Snipe, 214 ; widely dispersed, 

 21.') ; its flight, 21G ; retired 

 habits, 217 ; an Alpine bird, 218; 

 shuns woodlands, 219 ; its find, 

 219, 220 et ,>. ; feeds only by 

 night, 221 ; its lek, 222 ; its 

 song, 223; nidification, 221 ; mi- 

 gration, 22"> ; shooting at the 

 pairing ground with the pointer, 

 22S ; n. -ts and snaivs tor raMiing, 

 230; the ('..Million Snipe, 2M ; 

 accidental varieties of the, 

 its breeding habits, 2.'!.'5 ; drum- 

 ming, /''. ; its varioub designations, 



