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Shallow on board, in the shape of a landsman or 

 magistrate, who declared that it was out of season, 

 and in the king's name ordered the captain to 

 cast it loose, which he very reluctantly did. 



One more night in the forest, and my visit was 

 at an end. On this night we camped out by the 

 side of the charr lake, to try our luck at angling 

 for them by torchlight. They bit pretty well in 

 the beginning of the night, but afterwards the 

 weather came on windy and boisterous, and we 

 had little sport. Up to this the weather had been 

 beautiful, but this night was winterly and cold. 

 We had a rare camp-fire built on the Dalecarlian 

 system — a large blasted pine cut down into lengths 

 of about twelve foot each, and the sides hacked 

 into splinters with an axe, that they may more 

 readily catch the blaze. These are laid one above 

 the other (kept in their places by slanting posts), 

 and a space of about four inches left between 

 each. Lighted chips are inserted into this space, 

 and the logs catch fire. The advantage of this is 

 that we had a regular heat the whole night, and 

 no trouble to replenish our fire. The season, 

 however, for camping out in these forests was, to 

 my fancy, about at an end ; and as I had seen a 

 flock of waxwings a few days previous, I knew that 

 the first snow-storm was not far distant. We 

 spent the next day in fishing and shooting hazel- 



