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ill doing so, he rolled over and died. My bullet liad been 

 well placed for it had cut the heart and passed through his 

 body. I found it under the skin on the opposite side. 

 Yet he had run two hundred yards l)efore he fell. He was 

 a oTand stao- in the body, and his horns thouoh small in 

 proportion, had sixteen points. We secured the meat from 

 marauders under a heap of big stones, to be fetched sub- 

 sequently, but, as we were determined to have something 

 to show, we cut off the head and a haunch as trophies. 

 Bjornen carried the haunch, and I hope he liked it, for I 

 found the head quite as much as I could manage for a 

 rough walk of fifteen miles, but I would rather have sat on 

 the horns all the way home than left them behind. We 

 found Kenny at Lcesjevoerk in the Romsdal, and the next 

 morning took to the road again, and in five days were in 

 Eno-land. 



Nowadays, I believe that one has to pay a heavy 

 license, amounting to £11, for the privilege of shooting- 

 reindeer, or any other wild l)ird or beast on "public" 

 lands. This restriction is aimed at foreio-ners and 

 especially Englishmen, but if further protection is needed 

 for the reindeer, it is a pity that the existing laws are not 

 enforced against the natives, who, with all their excellent 

 qualities, are the worst poachers and pot hunters in the 

 world. Though I have only once been out reindeer hunt- 

 ing since the experiences here described, it ranks high in 

 my estimation of wild sports. 



