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The dinghy and my Canadian canoe trailed behind us, with tents and dunnage carefully piled aboard, and when the point of cliff intervened to hide the steamer and the Waxholm hotel we realised for the first time that the horror of trains and houses was far behind us, the fever of men and cities, the weariness of streets and confined spaces. THE DINGHEY AND MY CANADIAN CANOE TRAILED BEHIND US WITH TENTS AND DUNNAGE CAREFULLY PILED ABOARD AND WHEN THE POINT OF CLIFF INTERVENED TO HIDE THE STEAMER AND THE WAXAM HOTEL WE REALIZED FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT THE HORROR OF TRAINS AND HOUSES WAS FAR BEHIND US THE FEVER OF MEN AND CITIES THE WEARINESS OF STREETS AND CONFINED SPACES
of primitive forest. The particular islands to which we had camping rights by virtue of paying a nominal sum to a Stockholm merchant lay together in a picturesque group far beyond the reach of the steamer, one being a mere reef with a fringe of fairy-like birches, and two others, cliff-bound monsters rising with wooded heads out of the sea. The fourth, which we selected because it enclosed a little lagoon suitable for anchorage, bathing, night-lines, and what-not, shall have what description is necessary as the story proceeds; but, so far as paying rent was concerned, we might equally well have pitched our tents on any one of a hundred others that clustered about us as thickly as a swarm of bees. It was in the blaze of an evening in July, the air clear as crystal, the sea a cobalt blue, when we left the steamer on the borders of civilisation and sailed away with maps, compasses, and provisions for the little group of dots in the Skägård that were to be our home for the next two months. YSTERY INTO THE VERY HEART OF PRIMITIVE FOREST THE PARTICULAR ISLANDS TO WHICH WE HAD CAMPING RITES BY VIRTUE OF PAYING A NOMINAL SUM TO A STOCKHOLM MERCHANT LAY TOGETHER IN A PICTURESQUE GROUP FAR BEYOND THE REACH OF THE STEAMER ONE BEING A MERE REEF WITH A FRINGE OF FAIRY LIKE BIRCHES AND TWO OTHERS CLIFF BOUND MONSTERS RISING WITH HOODED HEADS OUT OF THE SEA THE FOURTH WHICH WE SELECTED BECAUSE IT ENCLOSED A LITTLE LAGOON SUITABLE FOR ANCHORAGE BATHING NIGHT LINES AND WHAT NOT SHALL HAVE WHAT DESCRIPTION IS NECESSARY AS THE STORY PROCEEDS BUT SO FAR AS PAYING RENT WAS CONCERNED WE MIGHT EQUALLY HAVE PITCHED OUR TENTS ON ANY ONE OF A HUNDRED OTHERS THAT CLUSTERED ABOUT US AS THICKLY A SWARM OF BEES IT WAS IN THE BLAZE OF AN EVENING IN JULY THE AIR CLEAR AS CRYSTAL THE SEA A COBALT BLUE WHEN WE LEFT THE STEAMER ON THE BORDERS OF CIVILIZATION AND SAILED AWAY WITH MAPS COMPASSES AND PROVISIONS FOR THE LITTLE GROUP OF DOTS IN THE SCAGGERED THAT WERE TO BE OUR HOME FOR THE NEXT TWO MONTHS
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