Memoir of the fc 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 ; 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 5 but the " Bush Wanderings " is an 

 interesting work, which all naturalists should possess. 



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

 his residence at Gardsjo, near Carlstadt, where 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 1860 he commenced his connexion with The Field, and con- 

 tinued one of its most welcome contributors to the day of his death. 



In 1862 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 

 after 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 off to Quickiock. 



