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hours' w.ilk in tin- dark, over sonic ol" llic roiu'licsl oruund 

 in Europe. 1 Inive i'oiuul iliat the best way to identify 

 eaeli ldllsid(> is to iTHjircss n])on tlu^ niemorv tlie pattern 

 made by tin' lighter foliage of tlie deciduous trees among 

 thf firs, and to find for each some fanciful resemblance, 

 such as a cow's liorn, a saucepan, or forked lightning. 



In the meanwhile we kept hearini'- tantalisino- accounts 

 of further successes of the Swede wlioni I have already 

 mentioned. News of this kind travels fast in Norway. 

 Once we sent in vain to seek him. A second messeno-er 

 was more surcessrul, and retnrnc<l with the mysterious 

 man. wlioni ])y this time we hchl in profound respect. 

 .Tiihn W'alhm is a Slwmand, or ]unil)crcr, in Jemtland. 

 lie has a slim, clean-cut figure, an alert face, and the clear, 

 light blue eyes of a Celt. His words are few and weiohtv. 

 He also declined to leave his gun at home, but promised 

 not to use it except to prevent the escape of an animal. 

 This was a reasonable contlition. as he received tlnrty 

 krone from every man on whose hind he killed an elk. 

 Moreover, he said that iie must not ha\e more than one 

 Englishman to accompany him at a time, and he evidently 

 considered iliat we were about as much use in hunting as 

 portmanteaus, and he did not want to have to cair\' more 

 than one. John was the hero of numerous elk hunts, 

 and Could command his own terms. With him were his 

 two dogs, " Peyas " and " Luft." These dogs were past 

 masters in the art of loose hunting, and licji.id refused five 

 liundred In'one, or nearly £28, for the f'oinier. This may 

 seem an exaggeration, but John had, 1)\- his aid, already 

 killed five elk that year, each of which was worth fully 

 £6. He was very particular not to allow his dogs to be 



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