SUMMER SPORT IN NOVA ZEMLA. 



BY HERBERT SWIRE, R.N. 

 [1IAGA. SEPTEMBER 1883.] 



I2f this over - populated kingdom of Great Britain 

 and Ireland, with its still ever - increasing mil- 

 lions of human beings who must somewhere find 

 shelter from the fickle elements, we see new settle- 

 ments gradually springing up in formerly uninhabited 

 places as the growing railroad system throws its iron 

 web over the face of the land, whilst old villages near 

 the lines rapidly assume the dimensions of towns, and 

 towns develop themselves into cities. The widening 

 circles of brick and mortar constantly encroach on the 

 surrounding country, till the latter is no longer able 

 to supply the towns with the necessaries of life in 

 sufficient quantity ; the result being that we are driven 

 to procure from abroad that which we cannot produce 

 for ourselves. 



As in the case of the necessaries of life, so is it also 

 with its luxuries, more especially, perhaps, with that 

 which, once a necessity, has at length become one of 



