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is essentially a woodland deer, hence driving has been practised by 



the lessees of the Hitteren forests to an extent not warranted by the 



stock of deer on the island, if the concomitant right of the farmers 



be taken into consideration. An elk-dog may be used with success 



to find deer in the woodlands, as the writer has proved on one of the 



smaller islands off the west coast. The season for red deer is from 



August 15th to September 15th, but in Hitteren it is extended until 



late in October. 



As before mentioned, the wild beasts of Scandinavia are the bear. 



the wolf, the lynx, and the glutton, which are sparingly distributed 



over the wildest parts of the peninsula. Of the number 



Wild Beasts. 

 that are killed annually but tew fall to the rifles of 



sportsmen who are only visitors to the country, the very large 



majority being slain during the winter by residents, especially by 



professional hunters and Lapps. The wolf, lynx, and glutton may 



indeed be passed over with the remark that there is just a chance, 



and no more, of the ordinary sportsman getting a glimpse of one 



of them during his stay in the country. And yet, strange to say, all 



three animals, probably from their skulking habits, seem to hold their 



own. Wolves, indeed, have in recent years increased in some districts. 



In the Swedish forest the lynx is occasionally hunted with dogs, and 



shot when treed. 



The Scandinavian brown bear is to a great extent graminivorous, 



subsisting during the summer and autumn chiefly on berries, which 



the northern soil produces in profusion and great 



, , 1 The Brown 



variety, on various roots, and on sundry succulent 



plants, such as the angelica. But in the spring, and 

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