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amongst his brethren^ and consequently no one was more 

 capable of organising a successful expedition than himself. 

 The two comrades started from Hull late in May, aud^ owing 

 to most unseasonable weather, missed the steamer con- 

 nexion along the Norwegian coast, and so Avere taken on to 

 Christiania, whence they proceeded overland in a great hurry 

 to Trondhjem, only just in time to catch the coasting-steamer 

 that was to take them on to Hammerfest. Mr. Simpson 

 never regrets the incident, which enabled him to see so 

 much of the interior of Norway, to enjoy the excitement of 

 cariole-driving, and to share in the custom, now probably 

 extinct, of sending on "for bud.^^ The two companions 

 drove the last 100 miles from Hjerken to Trondhjem at a 

 single stretch. The most provoking part of it was that all 

 this hurry went for nothing, as when they reached Hammer- 

 fest it was discovered that they had to wait ten days at that 

 truly penal settlement. 



"When the rolling ' Gyller ' at length arrived in port, two 

 Englishmen, Scott and Torr, were on board, and a merry 

 party of four rounded the Nordkyn together, and ultimately 

 reached Vadso in the Varanger Fjord, where the hero of 

 Lapland ornithology, John Wolley, shortly made his appear- 

 ance, fresh from a fortnight's excursion up the Pasvig, in 

 Russian Finland, and this, too, during the Crimean War. 

 The party of three ornithologists, being now complete, lost 

 no time in making their way up the Varanger Fjord, and 

 thence to the valley of the Tana, and so round by the Tana 

 Fjord to Vadso again. There is no need for any ornitho- 

 logical details, as these may be gathered from the writings of 

 Wolley and Newton, and also from the pages of ' Hewitson.' 

 The same remark applies to the still more prolific region of 

 Central Lapland, at Muoniovara, for instance, which Wolley 

 had made his home. The ' Ootheca Wolleyana ' should 

 especially be consulted, for there each egg has its history. 



The return journey commenced towards the middle of 

 July, when the three friends committed themselves once more 

 to the rolling 'Gyller,^ and were landed at a place on the 

 Lyugen Fjord, whence they made their way across the water- 



