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Sweden the year before, and that now there was a flock 

 of them near the house. I instantly started off to 

 investigate the matter. My dogs very speedily got 

 a point in the rye stubble, and up got a covey of eleven 

 strong partridges. This was about the end of Sep- 

 tember, 1859, and as I only killed two and a half brace, 

 I hope if a second Englishman, and a second couple of 

 English dogs, should ever make their way to Fleer- 

 moen they will have the satisfaction of finding that the 

 three remaining brace have meanwhile become the 

 founders of a flourishing colony." 



During the last winter, however, several coveys have 

 been seen in the neighbourhood of Throndhjem, a 

 little above lat. 63, and hopes are entertained that they 

 will increase. 



The EIDER DUCK (Edder fugl), although not pro- 

 perly classed among the feathered game of Norway, is 

 yet, I think, worthy of a place in this chapter.* 



The principal breeding-places of the eider duck are 

 the coasts of Greenland, Spitsbergen, Iceland, Norway, 

 the Faroe Islands, and the Hebrides. They usually 

 select small remote islands, called Aegge-Vser,t for 

 their breeding-places. These Aegge-Vser very con- 



* The greater part of the following description has already 

 appeared io "Chambers' Edinburgh Journal;" and as I was the 

 author, I do not feel guilty of plagiarism in making use of it. 



t Vseer is a reef of rocks above water. 



