106 SPORT IN NORWAY. 



feeding. Thus, in about fifteen years from their firs 

 introduction into those parts, they were entirely era- 

 dicated. 



I shall now speak of the manner in which the 

 Norwegians hunt them. It should, however, first be 

 remarked that reindeer always travel against the 

 wind, their sensitive organs of smell enabling them 

 to detect an enemy at a long distance. Whenever, 

 therefore, a westerly wind, for instance, has prevailed 

 for any length of time, the hunter may expect to 

 find them on the westward side of their favourite 

 haunts, and so on. The sportsman will find these 

 remarks of general use. 



The regular Norwegian hunter, whose principal sub- 

 sistence depends on venison, builds himself a hut of 

 stone and earth in the tract he intends to hunt, always 

 selecting a place where there is sufficient pasture 

 for his horse. From this hut he sallies forth in the 

 morning, returning at night if the chase has not led 

 him too far away, when either he must bivouac under 

 the lee of some rocky ledge, or seek, if possible, 

 the friendly shelter of a neighbouring saeter. He is 

 usually provided with a telescope, and takes his dog 

 with him, a little wiry terrier sort of a dog, with 

 long pointed nose, short ears, and curly tail. Unless 

 it is a prodigy it is held in a leash. These dogs have a 

 remarkably keen scent, and when well trained are a 



