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been made into this mine. The mountain 

 is named Balingsberget. 



Not far distant, close to the church on 

 the nortli-east, a huge stone is to be seen. 

 The credulous vulgar relate that, when the 

 church was building, some malignant beings 

 of iiiofantic size were desirous of knockino- 

 it down, but the stones thrown for that 

 purpose fell short of the sacred spot. As 

 a confirmation of this history, they show 

 the evident marks of four huge fingers and 

 a thumb on the upper side of the stone. 



In approaching the next large mountain, 

 called Brunaesberget, I turned towards the 

 left, and found a cave, formed by Nature 

 in the mountain itself, resembling an arti- 

 ficial dwelling. The sides, end and roof 

 were all of stone. The front was open, but 

 much narrower and lower than the inside, 

 which was so lofty that I could not reach 

 the roof. The entrance was concealed on 

 the outside by two large trees, a fir and a 

 birch, and the descent was pretty steep. 

 On the floor lay some burnt stumps of 



