THE LAND OF FJELD AND FJORD. 
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•and on open mountain-tops, the deer will often afford 
two, three, or more shots at a single stalk. This is 
never possible in the forest, where the bull-elk roams 
in solitude, or only accompanied by a cow and calf. 
The cow, by the way, may legally be shot, and always 
is shot by native hunters whenever a chance offers. 
stalker’s camp (opstryn). 
English hunters, on the other hand, confine themselves 
exclusively to the bigger bulls, and spare all cows and 
young beasts. The same difference exists on the high 
fjeld, where the object of the native is meat; whereas 
with the foreign stalker it is the trophy of “the best 
