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SPORT IN EUROPE 



Sweden. 



In the recesses of the hills, moreover, lie absolutely countless lakes 

 and tarns of all sizes, often teeming with fish ; and from them descend 

 the infant waters of the myriad rivers and streams which in their 

 later course afford such gratification to the angler. 



Sweden lacks the lofty snow- and ice-clad summits, the precipitous 

 mountain ranges, and deep gorges of Norway. Only in the province 

 of Jemtland and in the far north on the confines of 

 Lapland is there some approach to this kind of scenery. 

 But more than half the country is covered with rolling forests, barren 

 moors and morasses, and thousands of lakes, great and small. In 



Southern and Central Sweden, 



SSlv . feiS^, / i however, lies a ereat area of 



%£ level and cultivated land, di- 

 versified with low hills and 

 very extensive woodlands, and 

 there, especially on the im- 

 mense estates belonging to the 

 Crown and the nobility, pre- 

 servation of game, both big and 

 small, is carried to a high 

 degree. An attempt has been 

 made to naturalise the wapiti 

 [Cervus canadensis). Roedeer, w^hich do not exist in Norway, are 

 on some estates tolerably abundant. In recent years 



^ ^ from forty to sixty elk have been killed in a sino'le 



of Game. -^ ■' - 



day's driving, and great bags of fur and feather secured. 

 But this article does not propose to deal with sport that is more 



BULL ELK (NORWAY) 

 Twenty-four Points 



