CHAPTER VIII. 



WAYS OF KILLING THE ELK PIT-FALL ELG-LED A MAN IMPALED -* A 

 SUPPOSED MISS ELUCIDATION THE DOG WHEN IN A LEASH WHEN AT 

 LARGE SHOOTING WITH A POINTER BEGUILED BY MUSIC CHASSE ON 

 SKIDOR IMMERSION ICE-BRIDGES DEATH OF THE ELK WAR TO THE 

 KNIFE. 



THE elk, from his intrinsic value alone, to say nothing of 

 the love inherent in man to play the part of a destroyer, is 

 much sought after in Scandinavia. 



Many of these animals are taken in the Elg-yrop, or elk- 

 pit. This device an illegal one, I believe is most com- 

 monly resorted to in the more northern provinces of Sweden ; 

 but of late years it has been introduced, and with considerable 

 success, into parts of Wermeland. The pit is of great depth 

 and capacity, as indeed is needful, considering the bulk of the 

 animal for whose capture it is intended. 



Though I am not sure that the plan is adopted at the 

 present day, it was formerly customary to insert crosswise a 

 block of wood called a Bom, in the interior of the pit. This 

 Bom, which revolved on an axis, bristled with large spikes, or 

 spear-heads, so that when the poor elk fell into the pit, he, in 



