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anything more than a general outline of the fauna 

 of any country : this is all that my notes profess 

 to do. I have stuck to the truth throughout, 

 relying on my own personal observation for 

 /tin h'l'iel, except as regards the ornithology of the 

 district round the North Cape. I have carefully 

 avoided going over beaten ground, and I think 

 much new, and, to the ornithologist, interesting 

 matter will be found in the foregoing pages. 

 Should a perusal of what I have written induce 

 any brother naturalist to follow my steps, I will 

 promise him that he will not be disappointed. 



The ornithologist and oologist will see, by 

 reference to my list of birds, what treasures lie 

 hidden in the wilds of Lapland ; and to the bota- 

 nist and entomologist this is indeed as sacred 

 ground. It is not, however, only to the natu- 

 ralist or collector that this country offers such 

 peculiar attractions. There are many other men 

 who, without being collectors, are nevertheless 

 quite as true lovers of nature, and whose sole 

 delight is in wandering among wild natural scenery 

 men who, to quote the words of a pleasant 

 sporting writer, can "look upon a fine quickset 

 hedge without inwardly wondering how they would 

 6 go at it ; 5 or gaze with admiration upon a wide 

 stretch of meadow land without suggesting what 

 a devilish good two-mile gallop might be made 



