All the autuinii of 1851, cliiefly in August and September, my learned 

 and lamented friend Prof. Dr. Carl Save made an antiquarian excursion to 

 examine the so-called Helsing-stones and other forn-laves in Northern 

 Sweden. He took careful but rough copies, and it was always his in- 

 tention to draw these out fairly and make them public. He had parti- 

 cularly entrusted to me, from time to time, some of his ideas thereon. 

 But alas!, his frequent attacks of illness prevented him from carrying- 

 out his plan, and at last he was called away from us, 27 March 1876. 



I have therefore thought it my duty, in honor to his memory, to 

 endeavor to make known, in his name, what he has left on this head. 

 I give his own words, where we have any. Otherwise, I have made 

 remarks of mv own. Copies taken 25 years ago, when the stones had 

 necessaril}' suffered less than thej have now, must alwa^^s be most va- 

 luable. Also very interesting is the new soundpower, which Prof. Save 

 has given to the rune ■'■ , namely /T, instead of S, the value formerly given 

 to it. This new identification, whether correct or no, is at least much 

 more so than the older one. The distinguislit Norwegian rune-lorist 

 Prof. Dr. Sophus Bugge has lately examined these stones afresh, and 

 intends publishing his remarks thereon. We shall welcome them. Whether 

 these two great linguists agree or not in every detail, it will be most 

 instructive to have the ideas of each. Science will be advanced by the 

 labors of both. 



All the Ms. materials relating to this subject which could be found 

 among Prof. Save's papers, now by gift of his brother Dr. P. A. Save 

 the property of the Library in Upsala, have been kindly forwarded to 

 me; but they consist only of a little Note-book, some loose sheets and 

 sketches, and drawings of 3 stones more or less ready for engraving. 

 Whatever could be given in facsimile I now la}^ before the reader, Pho- 

 toxylographt by J. F. Rosenstand of Cheapinghaven (Kjobenhavn). The 

 expense of these blocks has been generously borne by the Royal Society 

 of Sciences in Upsala, of which Prof. Save was so distinguisht a member. 



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