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of France, it cannot be said that the legislature is to be thanked for 



such sport as remains. There is fox-hunting at Pau 



France. 

 only, but stag-hunting is popular with the best sportsmen 



round Paris and in almost all the departments. The snipe and wood- 

 cock shooting in Finisterre and Morbihan is particularly good, and 

 boar and roe deer are widely distributed. For the angler, Brittany 

 is. strongly recommended, though even there the want of legislation 

 has been acutely felt by salmon- and trout-fishermen. 



Adequate measures of protection have made the shooting in 

 Germany equal to any in Europe. Red and roe deer, chamois on 



the Tyrolese frontier, partridges, capercailzie and black 



Germany, 

 orouse, with wild fowl on the lakes and seals on the 



North Sea coast, all give good sport, but the best shooting is, 



practically without exception, preserved. There are several packs of 



foxhounds in the country, and these also hunt the boar and carted 



deer. Fishing is, unfortunately, not dealt with in the article, though 



the trout -fishing of the Black Forest, and the pike -fishing in the 



northern rivers and lakes, would appear to be excellent. 



Boar, ibex, woodcock, and wild fowl are perhaps the Greece. 

 characteristic game of Greece, and the fishing is chiefly in salt water. 



Rabbits on the dunes, and partridges and hares all over Holland 



crive sport in battues. The wild fowl seem to be shot 



^ ^ Holland. 



out in many parts once famous, though Texel and some 

 of the North' Sea islands still give good bags. Hunting is confined 

 in a mild form to Gelderland, the roebuck being the chief game. The 

 angler will find only pike and sea fishing. 



The chief interest of the Italian article will be found in the writer's 



