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is still prohibited in the Jura, but there is some ground for assuming 



that the prohibition will shortly be removed. Every year this animal 



is shot in the Grisons. 



The roedeer has increased greatly of late years, and is now met 



with in almost every canton. In Valais, however, it is not found. In 



the Jura, on the other hand, it is not rare. It abounds 



Roedeer. 



in the preserved shootings of Argovie, where it is 



sometimes driven, as in Germany, but this method is forbidden. 



The boar is only resident in the canton of Argovie, but it is 



met with every year throuohout almost the entire 



. Wild Boar. 



range of the Jura, and is also frequently shot in the 



cantons of Berne, Soleure, Bale-Campagne, and Neuchatel. 



The marmot is plentiful enough in those portions of Switzerland 



which lie above an altitude of about S-Ooo feet It is 



Marmot. 

 among the animals which have benefited considerably 



by the establishment of closed districts. It occurs at altitudes as 



high as 10,000 feet. 



The Alpine, white, or variable hare occurs in the same localities 



as the marmot. It must be borne in mind, however, 



Alpine Hare. 

 that both occur, so far as Switzerland is concerned, 



in the Alps only. 



To the foregoing may be added the brown bear, which is shot 

 every year in the remoter valleys of the Grisons, particularly in 

 the Lower Enoadine. A number of carnivora, as the fox, marten, 

 and otter, may also be shot in these regions, but they hardly come 

 under the head of game. There is no otter hunting as in England. 



There are four sporting birds of the mountain district which I 



