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everywhere, and there are capercailzie and black grouse in the pine 

 forests, ptarmigan among the rocks, and willow-grouse in the birch 

 woods. Snipe are best in the Swedish marshes, and wild fowl, thoug-h 

 nowhere in great numbers, are fairly distributed on the lakes and 

 swamps. The angler is warned that present-day salmon fishing is 

 a lottery, with not too many prizes ; but trout and, in lesser measure, 

 grayling can be had at very slight cost. 



A country with very wild tracts and every promise of almost 

 inexhaustible sporting resources, Spain suffers from want of legisla- 

 tion. The ibex and chamois, however, still attract 



Spain, 

 sportsmen to the mountains, and there are boar, 



bustard and red-legged partridges in the plains, quail everywhere 



at the season of their passage, and first-rate duck shooting on the 



rented lagoons in La Mancha. Salmon fishing is scarcely understood, 



save with nets ; but the fish occurs in the river systems of the 



provinces of Asturias and Santander, and there are trout in all 



the streams of these provinces, as well as in Segovia, a tributary 



of the Deva being specially mentioned. Hunting is confined to the 



meets of the Calpe pack round Gibraltar and two other packs, harriers, 



at Madrid. 



Chamois and roedeer are the game of the Swiss mountains, and 



there is all manner of small game, fur and feather, 



Switzerland. 

 in the plains, with water-fowl in the lagoons. Salmon 



occur in the Rhine and Aar, and there are trout and char in almost 



every lake. The distribution of grayling in the waters of this country 



is somewhat interesting, and the pike are particularly fine in the lakes 



of Zurich, Neuchatel, and Morat. The system of federal laws, com- 



