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him, fleas and bugs and anything, and he paid 

 high prices too. 



Woolley they all know of, and some of them 

 remember him ; he had been in the house we 

 live in now. These, they say, are the only 

 foreigners of any nation who have been here 

 before us. The man who was murdered was 

 apparently coming here, but never actually 

 arrived. The natives seem very religious ; we 

 can hear prayers going on in the next room at 

 all times of the day. They are also, as a rule, 

 remarkably honest ; all the houses are left open 

 both day and night. 



1 bought a pair of skaes to-day for 5 kr., and 

 two sticks that were thrown in, and had an 

 hour's practice this evening, preparatory to go 

 far to-morrow. The snow is getting so soft in 

 the middle of the days, that one cannot get 

 about without them. None of the migrants 

 have arrived yet, unless such birds as the 

 Yellow Hammer and Dipper arrived before us. 

 There is a saying in Lapland that " when the 

 Brambling arrives, the Grayling come out of 

 the deep holes." 



April 24th. Got up this morning at five 

 o'clock, and at 5.30 had an enormous break- 

 fast of boiled potatoes and pancakes, bread and 

 butter, and marmalade, and started out on 



