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shining brightly in a clouldless sky, and I was thinking about 

 how to put in my time till morning when the boy came running 

 up and told me that the doctor, who had heard of my difficulty, 

 had offered me a room in his house, and I am extremely grate- 

 ful to Dr. Gjessing and his Fru for all their kindness. Dr. 

 Gjessing also obtained rooms for me at Joraholmen — not un- 

 known to Scottish salmon-fishers — which is a farm situated 

 about a Norsk mile inland on the Alton elv (the Norwegian mile 

 equals 10 kilometres), where I was conveyed by stolkjarre the 

 next afternoon. 



In the morning, before proceeding to my new quarters at 

 Joraholmen, I had only to cross the road to the field opposite the 

 house of my friends to find butterflies abundantly. Brenthis 

 aelene var. hela, B. pales var. lapponica, Chrysophamis liippotho? 

 var. stieheri, Pleheius argus (argyrognomon) var. lapponica, Erehia 

 medusa var. polaris, and a passing Colias with a ruddy or violet 

 sheen apprised me of one of the specialities of the district, 

 namely ('. hecla, several of which were seen hurrying along while 

 I remained at this spot. 



Moving on to the marsh beside the church, a careful search 

 produced nothing more than Pieris napi, so proceeding inland I 

 captured one or two Colias palano var. lapponica in the wooded 

 district, and then was lucky in striking the very farm mentioned 

 by Mr. Eowland-Brown, where I enrolled the services of a boy 

 to row me over the river. I found, however, this was not 

 necessary, because on the near side I found C. hecla quite common 

 and easily captured under the shelter of the banks approaching 

 the water's edge. I took in a short while eleven males and one 

 female. 



I also here became acquainted with (Eneis noma, which, how- 

 ever, was worn, and I also secured one or two more of C. palano 

 var. lapponica and Chrysophanus hippotho'c var. stieheri. At this 

 stage I had to stop for want of boxes, so had to return. 



After this, my headquarters being at Joraholmen, where I had 

 very comfortable rooms, and the people, who are accustomed to 

 visitors, very homely, I lost connection with this favoured spot, 

 which will always be remembered as one of the most interesting 

 in my collecting experiences, where the Arctic Colias C. hecla 

 was to be found in abundance, and in such good condition. 



At Joraholmen C. hecla was even more freely met with, but 

 the males were rarely without blemish ; the females were, how- 

 ever, very common — more common than males — and many were 

 in the best of condition. Pleheius var. lapponica was nearly every- 

 where. At some parts they could simply be disturbed by the 

 dozen at nearly every step. C. paheno var. lapponica was found 

 here also, and Brenthis pales var. lapponica most commonly, as 

 well as B. selene var. hela. Erehia polaris was frequently taken, 

 and C. var. stieheri again turned up. Glaucopsyche optilete 



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