R. P. HORNBY'S DIARY. 95 



His friend, Mr. K. P. Hornby, has kindly filled in the 

 remaining days of the journey over the fells, which reads 

 as follows : 



By 8.30 we had packed the boat which was 

 to take us up the river. The packing of the 

 boat was a source of great anxiety to us, as it 

 looked much too small to hold five men and 

 all our luggage ; but we managed to get every- 

 thing in at last. 



The strongest of the three brothers was 

 allowed about one square yard in the bows from 

 which to do the poling ; then came my two boxes 

 full of bird skins, and our portmanteau covered 

 with bags of food, etc. With its back to this, 

 was the cage containing three Hawk Owls and 

 three Rough -legged Buzzards, and the cage 

 with fourteen Woodpeckers on the top of it. 



We were allowed about two feet of boat, in the 

 middle, in which to stow our legs, while we sat 

 on an empty box, which was for the eggs Dan 

 might collect during his journey up the river. 

 Behind us were the guns, etc., and all the 

 small luggage. Then a small space in which 

 Peter Johann might pole or paddle, and lastly 

 the third brother with an enormous paddle, 

 with which to steer. 



By the time we had all got in, it was found 

 that the gunwale was within i inches of the 

 water, and so the Finns lashed on wash-boards 



