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attention this year in Lapland, both to these small 

 field-mice and to insects. I hope, however, at a 

 future day to have another opportunity. 



I never saw a bat at Quickiock, but at lockmock 

 I hear that the Vesp. borealis, Nilss., is occasionally, 

 but rarely, killed. 



The lynx (Fells L>/n>', Lin. ; "lo," Sw.) does 

 not appear to be met with in any part of Lapland, 

 at least certainly not in the Quickiock district ; and 

 it is much to be regretted that the beaver (Castor 

 fiber, Lin.; "bafiier," Sw.) should have been quite 

 rooted out of this land. What an interest would 

 be added to a forest ramble in Lapland if we could 

 occasionally come upon a colony of the industrious 

 and interesting animals. 



I never heard of either the badger or polecat 

 up here. Strange that the wild cat is an entire 

 stranger to the Scandinavian fauna. I should 

 have fancied even the gloom of " the Trossachs " 

 would be nothing compared to many a wild spot 

 on these secluded fells. Perhaps it could not stand 

 the winter. And although, as I before said, we 

 had one old domestic cat in Quickiock, you never 

 by any chance see one in a Laplander's tent. This 

 kind of wandering life is hardly comfortable 

 enough for pussy. 



That all domestic animals will thrive as far 

 north as this, is proved by the fact of the horses, 



