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SPORT IN NORWAY. 



Ducks and all manner of wild fowl will be found in 

 plenty along the coast. 



The average number of bears killed is 14 T 7 5 per annum. 



For bear-hunting Lerdalsoren would be admirable 

 head-quarters. In 1860 a hunter living at Qvikne, on 

 the Lerdals Fjord, succeeded in killing in the spring of 



that year three bears at Aerdal. There is a great deal 

 of thick wood here. Bears are also frequently seen in 

 Tdnjums Dal, about seven miles from Lerdalsoren, and 

 often commit havoc amongst the sheep and pigs. 

 There are some stone huts in the valley ; and if one 

 were to establish oneself there for a while, say in May, 



