Memoir of the ^' Old Bushman.'" vii 



We took the rough with the smooth, and whether game was plen- 

 tiful or scarce, generally had a fair share of it. Many a happy day 

 did we pass together in the forest. Many a good bag of game we 

 brought home j and often, though thousands of miles now separate 

 us, do my thoughts fly back to the old bush tent and the old com- 

 rades left behind me ; and the chequered scenes of a wild forest 

 life crowd upon my mind like the vision of yesterday." 



This yearning after the wild bush life of Australia is characteristic 

 of that love of adventure which formed a strong feature in the 

 *' Old Bushman's " character. Oftentimes during the last four 

 years, in his letters to the writer of this notice, has he expressed a 

 strong desire to go back again and " leave his bones " in the 

 Australian bush. 



To the details of his Australian life there are several references in 

 one of his other works 3 but the ''Bush Wanderings" is an 

 interesting w^ork, w^hich all naturalists should possess. 



In 1856 the " Old Bushman " returned to Sweden, and took up 

 his residence at Gardsjo, near Carlstadt, w^here he devoted himself 

 to the life of a working naturalist, and there is no doubt that by his 

 perseverance and enterprise he has added some valuable facts to 

 natural history. 



In i860 he commenced his connexion w^th The Field, and con- 

 tinued one of its most w^elcome contributors to the day of his death. 



In 1S62 he passed a spring and summer in Lapland for the pur- 

 poses of natural history. Of the nature of this journey he writes ? 

 " Lulea, Lap., April 14, 1862. — We have safely reached this place 

 ^fter a cold, tedious, troublesome, and expensive journey of nearly 

 three weeks, being about 1000 English miles, in open sledges. It 

 certainly has been the most laborious trip I ever took in my life, 

 but I hope it will lead to some good results, although I cannot 

 expect it will pay me after poor Wolley. I am just otF to Quickiock. 



