R. P. HORNBY'S DIARY. 



tired, and were rather amused when we walked 

 into the hut to find ten men, all well-over six feet 

 high, sitting in silence round the room, as we 

 were accustomed to find two or three little 

 Lapps in most of the huts. We sat in their 

 midst for about an hour, when we were shown 

 into another room, which had been got ready for 

 us, and had a good sleep till 1.30, when we had 

 some food and started for Kaaresuandro, some 

 35 miles on, and this took us some twenty-six 

 hours* steady going, to accomplish. The weather 

 had cleared by this time, and when the sun 

 came out we were plagued by swarms of 

 mosquitoes. The day's journey was without 

 special incident, the same endless rapids, with 

 an occasional bit of smooth water, so that we 

 were employed most of our time in struggling 

 over rocks or through swamps, while we towed 

 the boat, which the three Finns poled from 

 behind. We stopped once on the way, at Kut- 

 tainen, where we found some rather good eggs 

 awaiting us, amongst which was a clutch of 

 Broad-billed Sandpiper's eggs, and then on 

 to Kaaresuandro, which we reached about 3.30 

 on the 2jth. I managed to shoot one Scoter 

 on the way, but we were again rather short 

 of food for the birds as the last Woodpecker 

 had been eaten. We were both so tired that 



