CHAPTER XXII. 



A GOOD DAY'S WORK. 



PROVIDED the snow be in good order, great things may be 

 accomplished with Skidor ; and even when the snow is in a 

 wretched state for those implements, I have at times been 

 rather fortunate. 



On one occasion, when returning from a successful Skall 

 in the Wermeland Finn-forests that portion of them lying to 

 the westward of the river Clara I learnt that some of our 

 men had, in their way homewards, roused a she-bear and two 

 large cubs. Several of the party being armed with guns, 

 they fired at the beasts whilst retreating, and killed one 

 of the cubs outright ; but the old bear and the other cub 

 succeeded in making their escape, though, as it was thought, 

 not altogether unscathed. 



I sent for the men engaged in this Chasse, and for a 

 trifling consideration purchased their rights in the beasts. 



