EUROPEAN GAME 
between Stavanger and Saetersdal, controlled by Dr Heiberg, there is 
no district in Norway where these fine animals are preserved. Even here 
poaching is common along the outskirts, whilst the lendsman, not wishing 
to be unpopular, gently closes both eyes at the appearance of skins and horns. 
Denmark is a farming country and too thickly populated to permit a 
great stock of game, and the same might be said of Belgium, which, 
although possessing considerable forests, also carries an enormous num- 
ber of men who delight in the gun. Spain, without doubt, would harbour 
a great quantity of the forest animals of the chase were proper regulations 
enforced for their protection. 
In the present volume of this series it is our intention to give the sports- 
man the present-day conditions of game in Europe and Africa, and to 
tell him where the various animals and birds of the chase may be found, so 
that he may wander for a little way or far afield with some reasonable 
prospect of meeting with the creatures he desires to kill. The follow- 
ing list of European countries and the game to be found there is only 
a brief summary of general information. The principal animals of the 
chase and the conditions under which they are hunted are dealt with 
in subsequent chapters. 
BRITISH ISLES. The chase of birds and animals has already been 
described in Vols I and II of this series. 
DENMARK. Roe, hares, partridges and pheasants are preserved on 
a few estates. Red deer are scarce and equal in size to British examples. 
Permission to stalk them may be had for a small fee, but they are 
generally killed by driving. On the coasts there is good wild -fowling in 
autumn and winter. 
NORWAY. In certain districts elk are now abundant, the season for 
shooting them being from September 10 to September 30. They are most 
numerous in Namdalen, Stjordalen and Guldalen, although a good many 
exist in Vaerdalen, North and South Selbu, Leksdal, Meraker and south as 
far as Christiania and Saetersdal. Old bulls are always scarce and two or 
three may be considered a fair season’s bag. Messrs Lumley and Dowell 
and the Norwegian agents always have a good number of reliable elk 
grounds to let and their prices range from £40 to £100. It is well, how- 
ever, to remember that the sportsman must have a large area of ground 
to range over and that he must engage the best hunter and dog available 
in the district. Accommodation is usually found in a farmhouse or saeter, 
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