192 HE DEPARTS IN DESPAIR. 



Finding at length that the Dalecarlians were not willing 

 to take up arms, and wearied out with fatigue and anxiety, 

 Gustavus resolved on bidding adieu to the father-land which 

 he so dearly loved, and ending his days in other countries. 

 Proceeding therefore to the more northern parts of the 

 parish of Mora, he from thence crossed over the wild and 

 deeply-wooded tract, which separates Eastern from Western 

 Dalecarlia. 



At Lima, where he emerged from the forest, he made 

 another attempt to incite the people to insurrection against 

 the Tyrant, but without success. Subsequently he followed 

 the course of the western Dal river towards its source in 

 the distant mountains. But the farther he advanced, the 

 more darkly and furiously rushed the stream over its rocky 

 bed the deeper lay the snow in the boundless forests that 

 environed him on every side and the less frequent became 

 the dwellings of man. During this wearisome journey he 

 suffered much from hunger and cold, his nights being 

 commonly passed either in the open air, or in the untenanted 

 huts, which on the bridle-ways of the northern wilds are 

 occasionally met with for the convenience of the wayfarer. 

 At length, however, the Norwegian fjalls, which were to 

 separate him for ever from his unhappy country, rose to 

 view. 



Although when Gustavus took his departure from Mora, 

 the men at that place could not come to the determination of 

 assisting him, they had, nevertheless, taken a great liking to 

 him, as well from his manly and noble bearing, as from his 

 energetic and heart- stirring appeal to them. 



This was more particularly the case with one Rasmus 

 Jute, a Dane, who had formerly served the Stures faithfully, 



