152 HUNTING CAMPS. 



a good deal irked by the boundaries, and indeed during 

 the whole season never quite attained the sense of 

 freedom, which is the main charm of a hunter's life. 



Apart from this, however, Norwegian shooting does 

 possess one or two great advantages, the chief of them 

 being that no part of any animal killed is wasted ; and 

 although 1 consider it absolutely legitimate to shoot an 

 animal for his horns, yet it is certainly much more 

 satisfactory to know that the flesh is valuable as food. 

 The sportsman's share of any animal he kills is the 

 head and horns with the hide and about 50 Ibs. of 

 elk-beef, the remainder of the carcase goes to the 

 owner of the farm on which the elk is first shot at, 

 whether actually killed upon it or over the boundary 

 upon the land of his neighbour. But if a hunter kills 

 outside of his rented right he must always be able to 

 prove ownership by the tracks, which in the soft ground 

 and moss generally leave a clear record. 



When I leased my rights in the spring Kristian was 

 already engaged, but he procured for me another 

 hunter, Peder Rodseth, who was said to possess an 

 excellent dog. In hunting elk success depends to an 

 enormous extent on the hound, and Peder 's Bismarck, 

 though not to be compared with Kristian's dog of the 

 same name, could hold his own with most others. One 

 windy night Peder came to be introduced, and we held 

 a conversation limited by the fact that he knew about 

 half a dozen words of English and I as many of 

 Norwegian. But for all that Peder proved a capital 

 companion, for whom no day was too long, and his 

 persistent cheery optimism was a delightful quality 

 during the long period of ill-success through which we 

 passed together. 



