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rapidly, as there was no increased supply from the immediate vicinity 

 of the lake to account for the rise. The Russian maps show another 

 and larger lake some miles higher up the river ; but we were unable 

 to penetrate so far into the country. 



We saw a pair of Richardson's Skuas and two Dunlins on the 

 hills, and also shot a male Golden Plover and a female Dotterel; 

 the latter contained an egg ready for the shell, and another enlarging. 

 Just before reaching the shore on our return Hetley found a Shore- 

 Lark's nest with one egg, much to his delight, as it was the first time 

 he had seen this species in situ, and it was the first egg — other than 

 Gulls and Eider Duck — we had seen since we left Riso fourteen 

 days ago. 



I paid our man two and a half roubles, half a rouble more than 

 the bargain, as he had worked well, and gave him a half-pound box 

 of tobacco, at which he was greatly pleased ; for he was constantly 

 making cigarettes at every little halt ; a difficult task with tobacco — 

 chiefly dust — which neither looked nor smelt very attractively. He 

 presented me in return with a new pair of gloves made from reindeer- 

 skin, which would have been splendid for winter driving, if I could 

 have found any furrier in England to remove the smell from them. 



It was a beautiful night, and although only a degree north of the 

 Arctic Circle, we could write in the cabin at midnight as easily as 

 at mid-day. 



June 6th. — Another splendid day with brilliant sunshine through- 

 out. After the weather we experienced in the early part of our 

 voyage, days such as this make an impression on the memory. I 

 found three or four Temminck's Stints by the pool under the village, 

 the first seen this year, as I went up to photograph the cemetery, 

 Plate 3 1 , which is on a hill to the south-east of the village. Many 

 of the graves must be close to the level of the ground, as there is 

 very little soil above the granite here. All the memorials were of 

 wood, and they varied considerably in design, &c. Some bore long 

 inscriptions, others only initials and a date painted or carved, while 



