23 DAN MEINERTZHAGEN'S DIARY. 



trot. They say it is very difficult to sit in one 

 of these sledges and one is easily upset. 



At Mannu, one of our stopping places, we 

 each bought a dog for 5 kr. 



Firs we first saw about six miles south of 

 Saarenpaa. Previously we could see nothing 

 but birch scrub. There was a large stretch of 

 tundra just south of Siekaruopio. Just before 

 reaching Mannu we saw a small flock of Snow 

 Buntings, and Bob shot one. 



Muoniovara, April lyth. We arrived here 

 last night after two days' sledging, which has 

 been most tiring. My eyes have been bunged 

 up too, and I am only too thankful that we 

 have reached our destination at last. There 

 is only one family here, and we have 

 very comfortable quarters. Muonioniska lies 

 on the opposite (Russian) bank of the 

 river, and 1 suppose there are about ten or 

 twelve families, a church, and a post-office 

 there. 



It is thawing here in the middle of the day, and 

 consequently the sledging yesterday was very 

 bad, the horses slipping in sometimes to the tops 

 of their legs. I don't think we left Skibotten a 

 day too early. At Kaarasuandro and at nearly 

 all the houses between there and here, we have 

 seen Magpies ; but no Sparrows except here. 



