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POST-SCRIPT.
“In the preceding poem Harold mentions eight exercises, but enumerates only five. If the Reader is inquisitive to know what those are, which he has omitted, he may collect them from the following ancient Runic verses. Wherein a northern hero is introduced boasting of himself,
Tafl em ek aurr at &c.
“I am master of nine accomplishments. I play well at chess. I know how to engrave Runic letters. I am apt at my book; and know how to handle the tools of the smith. I
