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the ladies, she by all the men. The last night, a 

 rude masquerade instead of the play; and some of 

 the servants danced the Haling dance, a very curious 

 wild dance from the interior of the country, of im- 

 mense difficulty, requiring great strength and agility, 

 on the heels and toes chiefly, round the room, whirl- 

 ing the partner round, and leaping and twisting over 

 her. This one of the ladies danced with a footman ! 



In autumn Mr Collet has the same sort of party 

 for the chase, which may be carried on here, as there 

 is a great deal of flat ground. There are not many 

 bears in this quarter, but Mr Bank's (of Frederiks- 

 hald) father killed eleven during his life. There is a 

 considerable number of wolves. The game is hares, 

 of which we saw one or two, as white as the snow ; 

 ceders (the coryctu verus, our capercailzie), rupo (par- 

 tridge), and hierpati. We eat reindeer-venison also, 

 exceedingly fine, and far superior to our other deer- 

 flesh. Mr Collet's house here stands above the lake ; 

 around it are woods and cultivated grounds, but no 

 pleasure-grounds, of course. We went to see his 

 saw-mills and brick and tile works both on a very 

 large scale. Drove on sledges very cold, indeed, 

 and believe it was from this that I got a boil on my 

 cheek, which proved exceedingly troublesome. 



The following is a list of the company who were at 

 Fladebije: Mr and Mrs Collet [illegible] and 



Lady Anker ; Miss Collet ; Miss Klaason ; and 



- Kaas ; Mr and Mrs Julstoup; Mr and Mrs Julin ; 

 Miss Talma (sister of the great actor); (the governor 



