Note 7 — Chapter VII
Reading edition
I asked this same question of the intelligent and obliging curator of the Bergen Museum. He replied that it was generally believed to be the case, though bear-stories, unless well authenticated, must be taken cum grano.
The following statistics of the amount of wild animals destroyed in Norway in three years may be interesting—
Bears.Wolves.Lynxes.Gluttons.Eagles.Owls.Hawks.
1848264247144572498369527
1849325197110762142343485
1850246191118392426268407