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Sweden, was dead. His demise does not seem 

 to affect very mucli his loyal subjects in this 

 sloop. 



The Norwegians are in general very demo- 

 cratic people, and not fond of kings and 

 nobles ; they also very much dislike the Swedes, 

 and most jealously resent any interference or 

 attempt at supremacy on the part of that 

 peoj)le. 



This skyppar, Daniel Danielson, who gave 

 us the above intelligence, had piloted my 

 yacht from Hammerfest to Tromsoe, when I 

 was grouse-shooting amongst these islands in 

 September 1858, and I was glad to meet him 

 again, as he is one of the finest fellows I ever 

 saw in my life. " Bold as a lion, and strong as 

 a horse," he is universally admitted to be one of 

 the most skilful, brave, and successful of all the 

 walrus hunters who frequent Spitzbergen, and 

 from my knowledge of the man, I fully believe 

 it to be the case. 



He had been obliged to go over to Hammer- 

 fest, to refit some twenty days ago, on account 

 of the leakiness of his vessel ; but even at that 

 early period of the season, he had taken with 

 him a cargo of sixty walruses and a hundred 

 seals, and now lie was back again amongst the 



