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attributed it to the ham — rather ' french ' — on which we 

 are principally fed here. 



In the forenoon we had a search amongst a number of 

 small sloping rocks for the Bjerg-ulf, but in vain, as we 

 saw nothing of them, but we found the remains of a Blue 

 Hare which had probably been killed by one of them. 



In the evening we went to the birch- wood. I returned 

 to the nest of (? Mealy) Kedpoll which I found with 

 young on the 12th, also the Kedwings and Bramblings 

 close to it. In the former I found a dead young one, 

 which we are preserving in spirit ; the rest must have 

 been destroyed by some bird or beast, and the old birds 

 are not to be seen. 



The Kedwings had quitted the nest, but in the Bramb- 

 ling's I got six eggs. We found also a couple of nests of 

 four eggs each of Fieldfares. One nest of eggs is the 

 handsomest and extremest variety we have yet procured, 

 and is probably a second laying, as the shells were thin 

 and light-coloured. 



Alston saw a Mountain Hare in the wood, the first he 

 had himself seen. 



We ordered another box for our skins, as the Rough- 

 legged Buzzards will not go in our present one. 



According to Ole, this Fjeld may be spelt either ' Fille- 

 fjeld' (fille=a file) or ' File-fjeld ' (file = a rag). The 

 former is the oldest mode of spelling. It is about 22 

 miles by 16 miles English, is bounded by Aardal on the 

 north, by HalHngdal on the south, and joins on to the 

 Sognefjeld on the west, and the Valdersfjeld on the east. 



It is doubtful if Mr. Godman was on the Fillefjeld at 

 all, as he only spoke of ' working the Fjeld (Valdersfjeld?) 

 from Thune.' 



June 25. 



Sunday, the 25th of June, was showery. Ole went 

 ^own the road and brought back the Wagtail's nest— 



