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tangled roots of trees, and among them 

 were deep holes full of water. The whole 

 ground was a marsh, which the frost was 

 at this time just about quitting. Large 

 pine-trees, that had been blown down in 

 the course of the stormy winter, frequently 

 crossed my path ; and the more flexible 

 birches, w^eighed down by the snow, inter- 

 rupted my course on all sides. I frequently 

 came to such steep heathy places that my 

 horse could scarcely climb or descend them, 

 and in the bottoms between them were 

 marshy tracts, with rivulets destitute of 

 bridges, so that my beast slipped down se- 

 veral times ; and as I passed the streams, 

 the water reached up to my saddle. I then 

 regretted, what I had in the former part of 

 my journey so much detested, travelling 

 on the high-way on these stumbling horses, 

 and would rather have descended the steep- 

 est hill in Angermannia than have chosen 

 the present road, for at every step the 

 horse took, I thought he would have fallen. 



