39 DAN MEINERTZHAGEN'S DIARY. 



had set, but it was not really dark the whole 

 night. There must have been at least 10 

 of frost. However, we had a good fire, and had 

 brought a mackintosh rug to sit on, and on this 

 we sat with my dog Haali, looking at the fire, 

 and talking of what we should do on the morrow. 

 I had expected to hear and see some Owls 

 during the night, but we saw none, though I was 

 awake the whole night. The only sound we 

 heard was the call of the cock Rypa, which 

 might be heard on all sides in this lonely forest. 

 The call is very similar to that of the British 

 Grouse. 



Before the sun rose, I went for a little stroll, 

 and put up a hen Capercailzie from her bough 

 on a bare pine and at sunrise we had breakfast 

 consisting of three dried figs, two sticks of 

 chocolate and some bread ; also some brandy and 

 water, for which we were very thankful, as it 

 was, in spite of a good fire, very cold. Next 

 time we camp out, we will each take a mackin- 

 tosh rug and roll ourselves up and go to sleep. 

 The sun rose at about 2.30, and after breakfast 

 we started west, to find a place where Bob, the 

 day before, had seen a Goshawk. This, how- 

 ever, we failed to find. One has no idea how 

 easy it is to get lost in these forests, for to-day if 

 it had not been for meeting a Lapp on a reindeer 



