PREFACE. 
Eight years ago, in the preface of my first book 
(“ Bird-Life of the Borders”), I ventured to forecast the 
possibility of my publishing the results of similar 
experiences in foreign lands. Thanks to the kindly 
reception of that and each of my succeeding works, 
I now complete the series then indicated, with this 
volume on Scandinavia. 
During sixteen years (since 1881 ), I have regularly 
visited Northern Europe ; but, inasmuch as Norway has 
been exploited by British sportsmen for at least forty 
years, it seems desirable to define my qualification to 
write. Many old Anglo-Norsemen have enjoyed longer 
opportunities—particularly in special localities and in 
special branches of sport; but not many have taken a 
wider field with rod, gun, and rifle, or a broader scope 
of research. And all, I hope, will forgive me if, in 
one quality, I claim to yield place to none—that is, 
in keenness. 
As regards salmon-fishing, I write as an amateur, 
and the chapters thereon should be read as the impres¬ 
sions of an enthusiast, rather than of an expert. In 
big-game hunting, having graduated in the craft since 
boyhood, I write with more confidence; while the sub¬ 
jects of trouting and small-game shooting, though briefly 
treated, are believed to be reliable, and will, I trust, 
prove of use to the tyro in Norway. 
