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  • of Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchos [underlined] the dwarfed Spitzhergen race. Uppsala, Sept [September] 23/52 [1952]. Today dawned brilliantly clear + that, with the retreat of my cold made a significant improvement upon my outlook. I had an appointment with Mr Bertil Haglund. Jagermeister of Svenska Jagarforbundet 11 Buergerjarlsgatan, Stockholm. at 11 o'clock + used the time before then to explore the town a bit. I much admire the Stadshus + tried to get a photograph of it. Unfortunately a Railroad bridge littered with "Engang forbudt" signs seemed to be the only possible vantage point. I went into several shops + looked at crystal, pottery, etc [etcetera]. The taste in pottery is not nearly as fine as that in Denmark. The crystal is some of it most beautiful but very expensive. Much of the most interesting crystal is, I find, made in Finland I may be mistaken but gain the impression that Swedish crystal runs to square lines + beautiful engraving, while the Finnish feature round or curved pieces with elaborate use of color or simple engraved lines in pattern. There are some extraordinary elaborate clocks to be seen + not antiques. At the Jagarforbundet office I met
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