12 SPORT IN EUROPE 



The countries are arranged in alphabetic order, so that the British 

 Isles occur somewhat far down in the list. The heads touched on 

 by Lord Granville Gordon will be sufficiently familiar to readers in 

 this country, but the following summary of the chief matters dealt 

 with as regards other lands may be found useful for rapid reference : — 



In the well stocked and protected Austrian Empire the red 



and roe deer and chamois are the most attractive orame, but there 



are also lynx and bear, hare, bustard, and capercailzie. 



TT Perhaps, however, the chief interest of sport in those 



Hungary. r ' > r 



parts will be found to lie in the survival of feudal 



customs and quaint ceremonies observed in the big shoots. The trout 



of a Styrian lake are also mentioned for the benefit of the angler. 



We find in Belgium two distinct phases of sport — the more costly 



sport of the preserved forests of the Ardennes, and the more modest 



and inexpensive shooting of rabbits and other small 

 Belgium. 



game amid the heaths of the Dutch frontier. In the 



Ardennes are boar and roedeer, with a sprinkling of red deer, mostly 



imported ; and hares, partridges, and incredible abundance of rabbits 



await the sportsman in the flat country. Woodcock, duck, and wigeon 



are also bagged in fair quantity ; while for the angler, the Meuse and 



its tributaries afford salmon, trout and coarse fish. 



The conditions in Denmark are not widely different from those 



noted in Beloium, roedeer, hares, and partridoes beino- 

 Denmark. . . 



most sought after, with snipe in the bogs of Jutland, 



and seals among the islets of the Cattegat. The pike appears to be 



the only important freshwater fish. 



With a considerable survival of game in the few preserved portions 



