8o TRAVELS OF A NATURALIST 



we have seen in Norway, and flying against and under a 

 tremendous precipice near the head of the Lille Miosen, 

 a grand Black Eagle. There was no doubt about the 

 Eagle this time, as it was hunting backwards and forwards 

 over the sloping birch-wood under a stupendous cliff to 

 the south-west of the lake. 



We also saw a Yellow (grey-headed) Wagtail. 



We arrived at Thune about 1 p.m., and put up at the 

 Station (Neils Thunes'). AVe had a bite, after which I 

 skinned the Eough-legged Buzzard, while Alston took a 

 sleep, not having had much the previous night, owing to 

 noisy travellers, etc. Ole arranged about a horse and boy 

 (at 8 sk. a day !), and in the evening we packed, cut 

 baccy, etc. 



To-morrow we are to start for the Soeters, fourteen miles 

 over the hills, intending to remain some days, and work 

 the marshes for Broad-billed Sandpipers, etc. 



July 4. 



On Tuesday, the 4th of July, there had been heavy 

 rain all night and in the forenoon, with distant thunder, 

 so we did not think of starting, as there are two rivers 

 which must be forded en route, and which will be too 

 much swollen. 



The afternoon was fine, and Alston sketched, while I, 

 with Ole, tried fishing at the mouth of a river about a 

 mile west of the station. I caught one Trout about 1^ lb., 

 and Ole two, each about ^ lb. These Trout are in 

 splendid condition, hard, curdy, red as any salmon, and 

 infinitely better fish to eat than Salmon, to my taste. 



We saw Swallows, and Swifts, and young White Wag- 

 tails flying. A pair of Magpies have their nest at the end 

 of the barn under the eaves at the Station-house, and one 

 pair of Swifts under the flooring. 



Our provisions for our Scster-life consist of bread, 



