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whether Svensson, in regard to the colour of his clothes, 

 and the position of his body at the moment of the shot, 

 more or less likened the beast for which the hunt was got 

 up. 



" In respect to the first point my shooting at an undefined 

 object I trust that your Majesty will be satisfied that, under 

 the circumstances, I was not to blame ; for catching sight of 

 a dark mass just where Svensson had said the bear ought to 

 be, and knowing that my companions Atter and Elg were in 

 safety, and presuming Svensson to be where I had posted 

 him, which was in an altogether different direction, I could 

 not well do otherwise than fire. 



" And in regard to the second point the colour of 

 Svensson's dress, and his attitude when killed if your 

 Majesty is not satisfied with my assurance as to his wearing 

 on the unfortunate occasion a dark, nearly black, coat, and 

 that his body was bent and in motion, whereby at a long 

 distance he altogether resembled a bear, I beseech that the 

 witnesses, Elg and Atter, may be re-examined as to these 

 particulars. 



" That the Hof-Ratt, under the unfortunate and afflictive 

 circumstances, should be of opinion that the case is only 

 referable to Chap. 28, 1, of the Criminal Code (M. B.), 

 is to me, and with reason, quite surprising. It has been 

 proved beyond dispute before the Harads-Ratt, by M. Falk 

 and the other witnesses, that the forest where the acci- 

 dent happened, and which is commonly called Tio-Mil Skog, 

 is a wilderness in every sense of the word, for miles 

 together without an inhabitant, where, excepting on very 

 extraordinary occasions, people are never to be found. 

 But on this point the Hof-Ratt, I humbly submit, has not laid 



