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mologists staying at Abisko, and myself made arrangements 

 with the captain to land us at Ortojokk — a place north-east of 

 Abisko, where I had been informed good ground was to be 

 found — on his journey out, and to call for us on his return. We 

 managed to put in a few hours there, but we did not see the 

 particular object of our search, Colias hecla, and except that 

 (Eneis noma was flying commonly during the few minutes sun 

 that was vouchsafed to us, the expedition was unfruitful. 



There is one place on the north side of the Torne Thiske, called 

 Jebrenjokk, just opposite to Abiskojokk, where there is a tourist 

 hut, and here, in July, I had hoped to spend several days ; but, 

 unfortunately, the weather, when I wished to go, was impossible. 

 I should say that this hut is not favourably situated for obtaining 

 Lepidoptera, for practically all the likely-looking ground to be 

 seen from the lake is separated from it by a jokk, as a brook is 

 called in Lapland. Incidentally, these jokks are usually unford- 

 able torrents, almost entirely waterfall or rapid, and there are 

 other jokks near by which would greatly restrict one's possible 

 collecting-ground ; I fancy, however, by working north amongst 

 the mountains from the hut, given fine settled weather, some 

 good collecting might be done. 



Certain enterprising individuals of the professional class are 

 credited with having taken away plants and insects from Abisko 

 in the past few years for the purpose of converting into money. 

 I heard of a dealer having rooted up in one season fifteen 

 thousand plants, and of another who slaughtered twenty-five 

 thousand insects. I cannot say that it would be impossible 

 to convey away that number of plants, though I doubt if it 

 was ever done ; but with respect to the insects, in five weeks, 

 working as hard as I could, I managed to amass a total of 

 about two hundred and fifty butterflies, and I have not the 

 slightest doubt but that it would be impossible for a col- 

 lector to get together in a single season a tenth part of the 

 twenty-five thousand if he collected all orders, unless, indeed, 

 mosquitoes were included. One must therefore come to the 

 conclusion that these reports are grossly exaggerated. The 

 effect of them, however, has been for the Swedish Government 

 to step in, and by statute make the district round the * Turist 

 Hotel' at Abisko "a national park," within the confines of 

 which " Nature must not be interfered with." This track of 

 country has a frontage along the shores of the lake of about 

 six kilometres, and a respectable hinterland of, approximately, 

 seventeen kilometres, and although the boundaries have not 

 yet been fixed, there are maps of "the park" in every public 

 room in the hotel, and a notice in each bedroom that any person 

 infringing the law is liable to a fine of from five to one thousand 

 kronas (eighteen kronas equal one sovereign) ; furthermore, any- 

 one can prosecute, and as the prosecutor secures two-thirds of 



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