146 MR. H. J. ELWES ON | Feb. 3, 
Name of Amt. No. of Bulls. No. of Cows. Total. 
Buskerud@eseses-ceeee 69 73 142 
Jarlsberg og Larvik ... 9) 8 17 
iBrabsbergesn erent. D4 48 102 
INedemes! (o.-erccrisccee oes 3 7 10 
Lister og Mandal ...... 1 — 1 
Sondre Trondhjems ... 50 dO 100 
Nordre Trondhjems ... 212 194 406 
Nordland Reece 9 4 13 
SSIEANENGVEREIO  nqooogodonssane = a = 
Sondre Bergenhus ...... == — — 
Nordre Bergenhus ...... — — — 
Romsdal eereeeries co: — — a= 
IMM AKEM sonososcogoooce — — — 
646 606 1252 
Average for the 5 years, 1889-93. 610 512°6 1122-6 
To give a better idea of the numbers of Elk found in what was 
perhaps, at that time, the best forest in Norway, | give the 
following statement copied from my diary in 1895. The number 
actually seen may possibly represent from 3 to 3 of the number 
actually on the ground at the time :— 
Cows & 
Bulls. yearlings. Calves. 
Sept. 2. Haende ...... aS 1 Re Barren cow shot for meat. 
3. Storen ...... ie 1 1 
4. Strommen... oat 1 
5. Strommen... 1 11 ai 1 bull killed: 18 points. 
6. Blank day. 
BMG ca tenons 1 1 1 
Oeis Mo reescascee: sa 1 oe 
10. Oplo ......... ae 1 1 
11. Synnees ...... Bao 1 ie 
TAS ie Were seopsaceae) eld aL 1 
INS sen A ey oscene esence 11 1 bull killed: 16 points. 
15. Blank day. 
1G: Mo ssicse: 1 1 1 
17. Storengen ... 66 11 a 
18. Storengen ... 1 1 1 
O° JE), sbsedanas a3 1 1 
QO M0 aie eases aoe 11 1 
21. To Storvand, blank day. 
22. Vennevik ... 1 11 1 1 bull killed: 6 points. 
23. Synnes...... 11 111 11 
24. Brotten...... 11 fg ae 1 bull killed: 14 points. 
25. Synnes ...... 1 1 1 1 bull killed: 13 points. 
26. Quisten ...... 1 ee te 1 bull killed: 11 points. 
Dae Oplowess-rae ae 1 1 
29. Mo : 1 1 1 1 bull killed: 18 points. 
Total ...... 17 25 14 
This number of Elk was found on about 12 farms out of 24 
over which I had the right of hunting. These farms might 
average 10,000 acres more or less in extent. 
On the same ground as this Col. Walker kept the following 
record of the Elk which he saw himself during the four seasons 
1887-1890, between Sept. Ist and Oct. 10th. It tends to show 
