io6 SPORT IN EUROPE 



II.— HUNTING 



No hunting- is done in Denmark. On a single property the stag 

 was hunted some few years ago, but the sport was given up again. 



The reason is probably that the means are not sufficient, and the 

 interest for riding not general enough to keep such an expensive sport 

 eoino-. The extensive small allotment of the soil and advanced culture 

 of the ground may also be held partly accountable. 



The fox, which in England is the principal object of hunting, is 

 moreover shot in Denmark, and is considered the finest and most 

 appreciated game at a drive. The care taken of the pheasants has, 

 however, induced many landowners to exterminate the fox as 

 thoroughly as possible, both with trap, gun and poison, to such an 

 extent that only a few foxes are to be seen where fifteen years ago 

 you could kill about forty in three days' shooting. 



III.— FISHING 



About fishing also there is, 1 am sorry to say, not much to be 



said. The pike is pretty general over the whole country in lakes, 



ponds, and running water, and is, during the summer. 

 Pike. 



the object of a certain amount of sport, but the more 



appreciated kinds of fish, the salmon and the trout, which draw so 



many sportsmen, for instance, to Norway, are not numerous. 



