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or three hours on our journey that we dis- 

 covered our mistake. We had started on 

 the evening of the ist instead of the morning 

 of the 2nd. The Finns only thought we had 

 changed our minds, and so hadjnotsaid a word. 

 We had but a few miles to go, when we arrived 

 at the place where the ponies were, which 

 were to carry our luggage over the mountains. 



Soon after leaving the ponies, we came to 

 the source of the river, where it came out of 

 a lake ; the boat had to be taken overland, and 

 the luggage carried as before ; but we had three 

 ponies to help us this time, so Dan and I went 

 and fished, leaving the Finns to do the work. 

 It was the best bit of fishing I ever had. We 

 waded on to a rock and in about nine casts I 

 landed seven grayling weighing i81bs, nearly 

 3lbs each. We then went higher up and I got 

 six trout, best fish 2^1bs. They were very 

 welcome indeed as articles of food, and we 

 had a rare feast on the edge of the lake before 

 starting on our last journey in the boat. 



Lake Kilpisgarvi is almost like two lakes, as 

 a very narrow channel divides the two halves. 

 We rowed for 10 miles up the south shore, 

 and then swam the ponies across the narrow 

 piece to continue their journey on the north 

 side of the lake. 



