TKOUT-FISHING IN SWEDISH LAPLAND. 91 



for a Lappish wolf hunt, which, it may safely be 

 asserted, has been witnessed but by few travellers. 



The sportsmen and tourists who make their way 

 northwards of the Lofoten Islands during the summer, 

 would certainly in winter find quite a new sensation in 

 being conveyed by reindeer in a pulJca. Duty or incli- 

 nation, however, generally calls them southward at an 

 earlier date. Some of the mountain districts which I 

 crossed seemed promising ground for ryper shooting, 

 had not the cold weather of the coming winter and the 

 jealous regulations regarding dogs, having prevented 

 the addition of a necessary setter, rendered such an 

 attempt uninviting. In the low flat or forest-lands, 

 however, a moderate amount of grouse were found, 

 which number would probably have been largely 

 augmented but for the above-mentioned provision. 



These grouse appeared not unlike the birds known 

 as blue grouse in Canada, more particularly in their 

 habit of perching upon trees, in which position one 

 often discovered them in the first instance. 



On the first occasion I fired from too short a range, 

 being in want of meat, and uncertain if any further 

 movement on my part would not have the effect of put- 

 ting the bird up or down, perhaps, one ought to say. 

 After the explosion, the distance being deceptive, the bird 

 might have been said to have disappeared so completely 

 as to give the impression of having been struck by a 

 full-sized thunderbolt. A cloud of feathers filled the 

 air, and the best portions of the breast were found 

 adhering to a tree some yards away, and were care- 



