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could think of. At first he was very much taken up with his arm, 

 but from that we went on to the expedition in general, then to 

 shooting in general, and lastly, after innumerable excursions, 

 landed in the Lofoden Islands, in which as a Nordlamding he was 

 much interested, and had himself taken part in the fisheries there. 

 In this way I brought him little by little into brilliant spirits ; 

 he grew livelier at every dram. Fosheim and Simmons, who had 

 been chosen for the deed of bone-setting, sat awaiting the pro- 



1 fftubsa.' 



'Soarte.' ' Nergaard.' 



FROM BAY'S TEAM. 



' Obersten. 



pitious moment, following with much excitement his various 

 ' stages of development ' during our potations, while I talked 

 myself blue in the face to get him to drink more, and hasten on 

 the crisis in this tragi-comedy. 



It was not long before Olsen himself began to be highly pleased 

 at the whole performance, declaring it was the most amusing 

 entertainment he had ever taken part in ! 



When he had swallowed something like half a bottle of brandy 

 we thought he must be about ripe to be taken. We accordingly 



