R. P. HORNBY'S Diary. 99 



Dan decided not to look at any eggs till we had 

 had some sleep, and it was some twelve hours 

 later that the man woke us. The room was 

 immediately filled with Finns and Lapps, of all 

 ages and sexes, clamouring for us to look at 

 their eggs, with the result that we had to clear 

 the room partly by force, and partly by refus- 

 ing to buy from them, except one by one. But 

 even then it was impossible to look closely at 

 all the eggs, and we must have refused many 

 valuable ones. 



Just before leaving Kaaresuandro we were 

 surprised to hear someone address us in 

 German. He turned out to be the priest's son, 

 but his knowledge of German was very slight, 

 so we did not gain much from our conversation 

 with him. He was very much disgusted when 

 we told him we must move on, as he hoped 

 that Dan would stay and teach him English. 



We started early on the 28th, and came 

 across some Long-tailed Ducks. We also 

 saw Ringed Plover, and one Buffon's Skua 

 which we had not seen before. The journey, 

 at first, was quite easy, as the country was flat, 

 and we reached Mannu without having to tow 

 the boat at all. This was the place where we 

 had bought our dogs some three months before, 

 and we were very sorry for the little children 



