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SPORT IN EUROPE 



the Danube, for shooting is there prohibited to sjjortsmen coming 

 from the Roumanian side. Another warning may be added in favour 

 of purchasing at Galatz a mosquito curtain, for without it the sports- 

 man will suffer perfect martyrdom. 



So much, then, for the shooting of Roumania at the present day. 



Fishing. 



TROUT LAKE (DARMAXESTI, CARPATHIAN'S) 

 (Round this lake i> some of the finest stag countrj- in Rouniaiiia) 



It is in truth the chief sport. Fishing does not offer great attrac- 

 tions, the only game fish of the Carpathian rivers being 

 the trout, and even that, being for the most part either 

 netted or taken on the worm, rises but indifferently to the artificial 

 tly. The rivers of the Danube region are, it is true, teeming with 

 fish, for, in spite of the low prices prevailing, both the State and the 

 rii)arian owners derive considerable revenues from this source. 



