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Lapps. Elk are not found. Excellent ryper-shooting 

 may be had on Karlso, Loppeno, Hadselo and Houko 

 near Tromsoe. As many as fifty brace a day have been 

 bagged ! I am of opinion that but very little shooting 

 is to be had now-a-days on the mainland. Some twenty 

 years ago black game were numerous, but they are cer- 

 tainly not so at the present day. On the islands, how- 

 ever, wonderful sport may be had. The steamer stops 

 at the first two islands, where tolerable accommodation 

 may be found. 



Bears are numerous, the average number killed 

 being 22 T 8 - per annum. Some parts of Finmarken are 

 first-rate for bear hunting. A Norwegian pastor who 

 resided in the N.E. towards the Eussian frontier, told a 

 friend of mine that " there was a hill in his parish 

 where I might feel certain of seeing a bear any day I 

 went there. The people," he added, "were afraid to 

 meddle with them." 



The island of Senjen is noted for bears ; and I should 

 say there possibly might be some fishing to be had 

 there. The valley of the Eeisen also is good for bears. 



NOKDLAXDS AMT. 



This large province is bounded on the south by north 

 Throndhjems Amt, east by Sweden, north by Fin- 

 marken, and on the west by the sea. It is divided into 

 three Fogderies Helgoland in the south, Salten in the 



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