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By H. C. PLAYNE, M.A. 



{Read December 3rd, 1896.) 



NO doubt there are many here who know what it is at 

 times to be seized with a burning desire for travel 

 which it is impossible to gratify, and those who do, will 

 know also that some small satisfaction can be obtained 

 by opening an atlas, and planning a journey, even though 

 the chance of ever going that journey seems very small 

 indeed. My holidays are generally too short for such a 

 purpose, but last summer I was lucky enough to be able to 

 accomplish one of the smaller journeys of the numbers that 

 are already planned, and, in addition to this, I was still more 

 fortunate in having as a companion a keen naturalist, Mr. 

 A. Y. E. Wollaston. 



The country we determined to visit was that part of 

 Finland which stretches from the north of the Grulf 

 of Bothnia to a few miles within the Arctic Circle. It 

 had especial attractions for us, because it is the country 

 in which the famous ornithologist, John Wolley, found so 

 many interesting birds when he discovered the nesting- 

 grounds of the Waxwings, just 40 years ago. 



It was on the morning of August 2nd, then, that we 



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