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(who rushed out to see if we had their former 

 pets) when we told them that they were both 

 dead. We found only one good clutch of eggs 

 here, Velvet Scoters, which were very 

 acceptable. 



We rested but a short time, as we had a long 

 piece of river to ascend before reaching 

 Sikavuopio. The sun was soon very hot, and 

 the mosquitoes swarmed as usual. We spent an 

 hour or two in crossing Lake Kellotigarvi, 

 through which the river passed, and amused 

 ourselves racing a little hunch-backed Finn, 

 who paddled along behind us in his anxiety to 

 reach his hut, in which he said there were lots 

 of eggs waiting for us. When nearly across 

 the lake we had a great piece of luck, as 

 happening to pass close to the shore, we 

 startled a Scaup Duck, whose nest Dan soon 

 found, and he had the satisfaction of taking 

 his first clutch of Scaup's eggs. We stopped 

 for a few minutes, and boiled some coffee to 

 celebrate this event, and then on to the hunch- 

 back's hut at Vuokainem, where we got a few 

 eggs, but nothing of great value. There was 

 a very heavy rapid to get up immediately on 

 starting, and Dan and I were forced to tow for 

 two or three hours. We then walked ahead of 

 the boat to try and shoot something for the 



