EUROPEAN GAME 
east coast of Greenland (especially along the Liverpool Coast line), and 
as it is not always possible to land, there is always the risk that these 
desirable animals may not be obtained. In many seasons the ice does not 
“ open ” between Jan Mayen and a point N.W. of Iceland, so the sports- 
man must be content with hunting the Polar bear, walrus and seals, which 
are still numerous on the outer fringe of the ice. The charter for the 
“Laura,” an ice-ship used by Herr Giaver, is £2,890 for ten weeks, that 
is, from the middle of June to the end of August. On a recent visit to East 
Greenland the “ Laura ” bagged thirty Polar bears, sixteen musk ox, 
eight walrus and 100 seals. By going to the eastern icefields and landing 
on Spitzbergen and Franz Josef Land, reindeer could be obtained, but no 
musk ox exist there. An English ice-yacht can also be hired for six 
weeks (through Messrs Lumley and Dowell) for a charter of six weeks at 
a fee (which includes provisions) of £1,730. 
Those who are not in a position to afford so great a luxury as a whole 
vessel can sail north in one of Francis de Gisbert’s ships, which leave 
Tromso on June 26 and August 14 any season. These generally carry six 
rifles and hunt for one month. Polar bear and walrus are guaranteed for 
each hunter, and the charge inclusive is £175. 
By those who have taken part in this form of hunting I am informed 
that the sport is not of a high order. Polar bears on being viewed run on 
the ice and then take to the water, where they are easily killed with any of the 
high -power rifles. The shooting of musk ox is even poorer sport, for the 
animals are so tame that they have only to be found. They seldom run, but 
wait till the hunter advances to kill them at short range. The pelage of 
the musk ox is very thick and the animal must be shot with a solid bullet, 
as a soft -nosed one is apt to open in the matted hair. Spitzbergen reindeer 
also have little fear of man, and afford no hunting in the proper sense of 
the word. 
BELGIUM. There are large preserves in the forests of the Ardennes, 
where numbers of roe deer, wild boar and a few red deer are found. 
These are mostly “syndicate” shoots, in which a gun may be taken at a 
moderate fee. Towards the Dutch frontier are many small rabbit and 
hare shoots in the heath country. Partridges are also fairly numerous. 
Rabbits are also very plentiful in the sand-dunes of the northern coast- 
line, whilst the estuary of the Scheldt affords an excellent resort for wild 
fowl. Belgium, with its varied forests, cultivated plains, heaths and 
swamps, would be an excellent shoting ground but for its sporting laws, 
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