109 ^- P- HORNBY'S Diary. 



We had come 2CXD miles up the river, and 60 

 miles from the top of the river, so that we had 

 averaged over 30 miles a day. At Skibotten 

 we paid the Finns, and gave them our rugs, 

 etc., and everything we could spare, and then 

 took a most affectionate leave of them. It was 

 quite touching to see how grateful they were 

 to us for having come to their country, and how 

 sorry they were to part with us. 



As soon as we got on board the steamer we 

 went to sleep, and except for one or two meals 

 we slept the whole forty-eight hours to 

 Tromso. 



On reaching Tromso, Dan sent off a 

 characteristic telegram home to announce the 

 end of his adventures and his speedy arrival in 

 England. " From the luxury of Lapp, to the 

 lap of luxury. — Dan." His boxes of skins, 

 embryos and eggs, that had been dispatched 

 down the Muonio arrived three weeks after we 

 did, and so well were they packed that out of 

 2,482 eggs, only one was cracked and none 

 were broken. 



