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is the one immediately east of the North Cape. It was discovered, 

 entomologically, by the Norwegian lepidopterist, Herr W. M. 

 Schoyen, who spent a considerable time there in 1878 and 1879. 

 Since that date, except that his son, Herr T. Schoyen, visited 

 the fjord in 1907, and Herr Sparre Schneider in 1907 and 1908, 

 in which years, owing to bad seasons, the results were not good, 

 I am not aware that anything has been done with the Lepi- 

 doptera. 



In the early hours of June 27th the * Kong Eystein ' entered 

 the quiet waters of the Porsanger Fjord, and a little before noon, 

 on the west side, about half-way down, in a little haven known 

 as Kolvik, I found a delightful place of rest. Kolvik is the head- 

 quarters of Herr A. Bye, the Porsanger Whiteley, who, in 

 addition to selling everything the inhabitants of the district 

 require, and buying everything they have to sell, runs an excel- 

 lent private hotel, the frequenters of which are entirely his 

 acquaintances and customers who may have occasion to pass up 

 and down the fjord. 



I spent a considerable time at Kolvik, making it my head- 

 quarters, and never was unintroduced foreigner welcomed with 

 greater kindness, or more charmingly, than was the writer by 

 Herr Bye, his family, and his guests. 



The vegetation in the Porsanger is quite as luxurious, if not 

 more so, than that of the much better known Alten Fjord. There 

 is a great quantity of birch clothing the hillsides, which in shel- 

 tered places attains a height of thirty or even forty feet. With 

 this is a sprinkling of mountain ash and black poplar. At the 

 south end stunted Scotch firs begin to appear, and I am in- 

 formed that a few miles further up country this tree attains 

 a good size. 



There is a very peculiar band of dolomite rock, several miles 

 wide, which extends on both sides of the fjord, and which in- 

 cludes several islands. In all there are about one hundred 

 islands scattered about, the resort of countless flocks of geese, 

 duck, gulls, cormorants, divers, waders, &c., which resort to 

 them to breed. Whales are frequent, and were seen on several 

 occasions. 



After remaining at Kolvik for a week, I took advantage of 

 the visit of the local steamer to cross to Borselv, on the east 

 side. The population of this village is entirely Lappish, and 

 quarters were found at the postmaster's, who has a wooden 

 house of two rooms, about twelve feet by eight feet, and six feet 

 high, in one of which he and his family lived and cooked and 

 slept ; the other was the post-office, and this I occupied during 

 my stay, sharing it during a portion of the time with another 

 individual. 



A quaint incident occurred here. I had noticed on arrival 

 my host regarding me not altogether with approval ; a little 



