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reminded me of the Geo opposite the Stack in Handa, 

 Slither] andshire. The height of Sturganoset above sea- 

 level is 4,400 feet. 



We heard of a nest of real Eagles (probably white- 

 tailed) in Loerdal, about two or three miles below 

 Blaaflaten. The young are already flown, but we may 

 have a chance of eggs another year. 



J nil/ 3. 



Monday, the 3rd of July, was fine, warm, and breezy. 

 This morning our plans were somewhat disarranged. 

 We first heard that Peder had come, and afterwards that 

 there was no man to go with him to take the Kough- 

 J egged Buzzard's nest at Gronnenoset. I was then pre- 

 paring after a hurried breakfast to start with him, leaving 

 Alston and Ole to go on to Thune, when at last all was 

 arranged by Andreas Nystuen, who promised to let a man 

 go to-morrow. We paid Peder one dollar in advance, 

 and the man half a dollar, and about eight o'clock we said 

 ' farvel ' and started for Thune. 



We had scarcely any remembrance of the country. 

 What, on the 17th of May was one almost unbroken field 

 of snow, seven, eight, and ten feet deep, was to-day a 

 well-wooded valley, the birch-trees swaying in a gentle 

 breeze, and the river rushing where before we knew not 

 that a river existed. In fact, the scenery was as new to 

 us as if we had never seen the place before. Our drive 

 after Skogstad along the Lille Midsen was very fine. 

 Scenery that we scarcely noticed when, cold and shivering, 

 we drove up the road, was now seen and appreciated. 

 The lake, whose waves broke angrily on the shore on 

 the former occasion, and froze on the stones as they fell, 

 now shone in the warm sun, and a few hungry Trout 

 were rising greedily at the fly. 



We saw, too, to-day, near Skogstad, the first Swallow 



