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hut this is nothing compared xxilh what has been done 

 elsewhere. 



As lor instance, at the celebrated bream-stand, called 

 11dk-r<irpc1* in the Hallbosjon, a lake in Sndermanland, and 

 at about txxelxe Knirlish miles from the to\\n of Xxkopint^ 

 r Fho oxc.hisivo rii;-ht of fishing this ptrtioullt stand is v\sltMl 

 in \\\c gov( % rnor of tl\o |m>vin<v, of \vhoso salary, indeed, 

 tin's privilege forms a |>art. f Fhe ri^ht, lum'\er, is seldom 

 exereised mon^ than >nee \\ithin tlh \ear, and that in 

 Ivhrnan or March . and tYom its heinij; li)>k 4 d upon as 

 a kind of m'/, thousands oi % th inhahitants of the 

 rounding eonnlr\ llock to tlu^ spot, \m \\w appointed day. 

 The tish arc 4 taken in a drMj^-net. of immense si/.e, \vliieh 

 is dra\\n under the ire in mneh the same manner as 

 '.ihed in my former \vork. From th(* length of tiini^, 

 ho\\e>cr. that the operation lasts, only a sin is made 



in the eonrse of the day; hnt this east is very remune- 

 rative, producing OQ the IWtgQ from ten thousand to forl\ 

 thousand pounds \veiivhl of bream and other tish ! An 

 \> ttitneM M IU1 tne, uul.vj. that in iSKi r 1S-17, h<> 

 himself \\ : presrnt \\ \\c\\ no less tlian thirtx thousand pounds 

 ill NM-IV thus raptured. A sort of fair is held on the 

 iee itself, \\here the tish are disposed of in lots to the. best 

 bidders, on \\hieh occasion, as ma\ \\cll be supposed, the 

 usual nppearane.es of ?///7f rum duJn do not tail to be 



Been, 



In eonncrlion with this suhje. I. a s.unexxhat curious cuvnui 

 stan.. \\.i- iclated !o me bx M. Schnuteiloxx : " AllhoUjrh," 



(Mtyywl, with the definite tfticlc) nnpli.".. .->, \\i-ll \\ p:\iii.Mil:i 



\\licrc one .lr:>\\^ (lie IK I. || :i!'.. :i < ;i'.l .M .li :m;'.lil .>(' the IK I 

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