Vadsaeth and Svardal. 



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(a month's rent is a considerable item in those parts), and, 

 as the last means of persuasion, they declared that they 

 had gone to considerable expense to prepare the quarters 

 at the request of our friend, the lessee. 



I felt certain that this was a mere invention of 



VAOSSTH LAKE. 



Johann's, and we made up our minds, in the first place, 

 to inspect the house at Svardal, so ordered the boat to 

 convey us and our belongings down the lake, telling 

 Johann that if the house did not suit us, we would return 

 to his. 



I have, upon many occasions, put up with much 



