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Ludwig said was to be believed : be mij,^bt poj^sibly be mistaken in 

 his inferences, thougli bis good sense was seldom at fault. It was 

 Ludwig who brougbt about the great Waxwing victory (§ 808), for 

 without his energy and perseverance the actual finder of the nest, 

 Saajo Johan, and his brothers would never have been induced to 

 achieve it*. Anton, the younger Knoblock, Avas also a steady lad, 

 but had not the same physical or mental capacity as Ijudwig. I 

 believe he remained at Muoniovara till his father died, and then moved 

 to some place in the south of Finland, where he may yet be living. 

 Three others of Wolley's chief collectors must also be mentioned 

 here, and all of them, I suppose, are dead. Pehr Eriksson Kyro (com- 

 monly called Martin Piety or iNIartin Pekka), a mountain Lapp of 

 remarkable intelligence f, with the mind and manners of a gentleman, 

 which he certainly was. He was lord of Ouuastunturi and owner of 

 countless reindeer; but he condescended to do some birds'-nesting, 

 and to him were due the first Pine-Grosbeak's eggs (§ 2249) obtained 

 by WoUcy. Then there was Piko Ilciki (Little Henry) of Siirkijiirvi, 

 a trustworthy, middle-aged Finn, constantly employed, often in 



* After Wolley left Lapland, in the autumn of 1857, Ludwig, who had 

 accompanied him to Ilaparanda, took service with the smith at Tornea, where 

 he remained about two years, and then, with the object of improving liimself 

 in metal-work, came first to Gottenburg and then to Hull, speedily findiug 

 employment at each place. He stayed in England about two years, during 

 which time I saw him more than once ; for Wolley's father had him to 

 meet me at Beeston, and at my invitation he came to London for the Inter- 

 national Exhibition of 1862. Returning to Gottenburg, he accompanied 

 Mr. Hudleston to Norway in the autumn of that year, and came over once more 

 at my request in 1864 to go to Spitsbergen with me. On board Mr. (now 

 Sir Edward) Birkbeck's yacht, where I had the privilege of being a guest, he 

 made himself most useful, and was popular with everyone. On our return 

 he and I left the ship at Hammerfest, and 1 parted with him at Tromso, whence 

 he made his way to Muoniovara to see his people. After that he went back to 

 Tornea, where, aided by the generosity of some of Wolley's relatives, he bought 

 the smithy and married the daughter of his old employer, carrying on the business 

 successfully. A few years after, on the reported discovery of gold in the Enara 

 distiict, he was sent thither in some Government capacity ; but the attair proved 

 a failure and he returned to Tornea, where, in 1873, the late Professor F. M. 

 Balfour told me he found him prospering and highly respected. I deeply 

 regretted hearing of his death there on the 18th of February, 1893, at the age 



of 57. 



t It is right to say that I believe he had a cmss of Finnish blood in him. 



