332 ROYAL SKALLS. 



No. 38. "Bear Skall, 16th of February, 1732, in the 

 forest of Svina, and parish of Harbo. Circumference of the 

 Ring, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two paces. 



" After the Skall was organized, his Majesty, owing to 

 the extreme severity of the weather, did not venture to be 

 present in person, but deputed several gentlemen in his 

 place, who shot the three bears that were ringed in the 

 above-named forest." 



No. 39. The next Skall got up by Schonberg for 

 King Frederick, took place on the 20th of July, 1732; but 

 mention having been made of it in my former work, the 

 details would here be somewhat out of place; suffice it to 

 say, it was on a very grand scale, and lasted two days, and 

 that the returns were four bears, two wolves, nine male elks, 

 and fifteen female elks, besides a large number of hares and 

 other smaller kinds of game. 



No. 40. "Bear Skall, 1 3th of February, 1735, in the 

 forest of Nordankil, and parish of Moklinta. Circum- 

 ference of the Ring, two thousand two hundred and thirty- 

 six paces. 



" It was the original intention of his gracious Majesty him- 

 self to have shot the bear ringed in the above-mentioned 

 wood, but he afterwards willed that the Imperial Ambassador, 

 M. Herberstein, should, in his stead, have that pleasure ; and 

 when the Skall took place, that gentleman was accordingly 

 present. As the night previously, however, a lynx had 

 entered the Ring, and was the first beast that presented 

 itself, M. Herberstein at once killed it. On hearing the shot, 

 the bear, which at this time was not far distant, turned 

 back on the Dref, and was there wounded by the German 

 Jagare, Kiifeldt, and afterwards worried to death by his 



