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Norwegian Government paid a reward of two 

 krone for every pair of eagles' claws, eagles 

 being very destructive to the sheep on the hills. 

 In a remote valley a farmer took me with 

 much pride to see a barn full of young eagles 

 which he was rearing to maturity with a view 

 to turning an honest penny. Presumably the 

 Norwegian Government, though strongly Pro- 

 tectionist, had not intended to encourage home 

 industries to this extent. In the same way 

 I have heard that the ingenious Hindoo took 

 to breeding wolves when the British Govern- 

 ment set a price on their heads. 



Far more troublesome than otters here are 

 seals, great enemies of both net fishermen and 

 anglers. It is said that a single seal has been 

 known to empty a net of its contents in a night. 

 They are sometimes numerous in the fjord, and 

 no doubt they not only kill many fish, but 

 scare those which are travelling to the river. 

 But when they are emboldened actually to come 

 up into the river itself the results are simply 

 disastrous. What becomes of the salmon I 

 cannot say, but they neither take nor show. 

 I was standing one day on a rock close to the 

 entrance of the fish-ladder, when a seal put his 



