i6 SPORT IN EUROPE 



plicated by cantonal by-laws, is somewhat confusing, but the contributor 



has made much of it clear. 



Prince Demidoff has advisedly taken the Russian Empire as a 



whole, and the abundance of all kinds of game is, as might be 



exj.-ected of so vast and varied a tract, immense. The 



^ . " elk and bear, many kinds of deer, and wild sheep and 



Empire. 



goats, with the aurochs, are among the big game 

 described. There are wolf-coursing with borzois, capercailzie stalking 

 and drives of blackcock, and wild-fowling on Lake Ilmen. Falconry 

 with the berkut (probably, Mr. Harting thinks, our golden eagle) is 

 also mentioned ; and the angler will find some account of trout in the 

 Caucasus, grayling in the Ural, and salmon in Kamschatka. 



Transcending slightly, as in the last article, the boundaries of 

 Europe proper, we find sport in Turkey treated from the visitor's 



standpoint. It resolves itself into the shooting of red- 

 Turkey and legged partridges and rabbits in Marmora Island and 

 the Balkan 

 Countries ^^ Thrace, and snipe and duck at the mouth of the 



Maritza. There are stags near Strandja, in the Balkans, 

 and woodcock shooting is particularly good in the Gulf of Ismidt and 

 in Belgrade Forest. Boar and roedeer are also plentiful in these 

 districts, but most of the shooting is rented. The angler may find 

 trout and pike in the Scutari and Kutchuk Chekmedjee lakes, as 

 well as very good sea fishing on the coast. Similar sport is suggested 

 in Servia and Albania, and trout and capercailzie are among the chief 

 attractions of Bulgaria, with bustard round Sofia and woodcock at 

 Grublihan. 



An Appendix is given on sea fishing. 



