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Swans, wild ducks, eider-ducks, snipe, and woodcock, 

 from 10th of July to 16th of March. 



Deer, reindeer, capercailzie, hare, blackcock, hazel-hen, 

 and ptarmigan, from 10th of August to 15th of March. 



The above are the seasons as established by the latest 

 law on the subject in 1869 ; but local regulations exist in 

 the various magisterial communities throughout the country, 

 which modify its provisions in a slight degree, and these 

 lengthen or shorten the legal periods, according to the habits 

 of the different kinds of game which frequent the several 

 localities. 



As may be readily conceived, these are widely different in 

 a country extending over so many parallels of latitude as 

 Sweden. 



The eggs of feathered game are also protected by law ; 

 it being illegal to rob any nest, or to destroy the young of 

 any of the above-mentioned animals, before the 10th of July, 

 or of any other useful bird or beast, before the 10th of 

 August. 



There is one important difference between the British 

 and Swedish game laws ; for, in any enclosed hunting- 

 ground or park, it is lawful, at all times of the year for those 

 who enjoy the right from the owner, to kill any species of 

 game or wild animal found therein, so that the above regula- 

 tion as to season virtually only affects those persons who 

 pursue game upon unenclosed land. 



It is not permitted to offer game for sale during the pro- 

 hibited periods of the year, unless legal proof can be given 

 that it has been killed lawfully, or upon enclosed land. 



Snares, with spears attached, and spring-guns, for the 

 destruction of game, are illegal ; and elk may not be hunted 

 on skates, or taken in pitfalls. 



Ordinary traps and snares for killing game and wild 

 animals, cannot be used by a person on land not his own, 

 without the consent of the owner ; and they may in no case 

 be set out between the 31st of May and 1st of October ; and 



