BIRDS OF RUSSIAN LAPLAND iii 



low marshy district from the Shoina river to the Chizha river will 

 prove an interesting " bird-land " to any one able to penetrate into it 

 and brave its mosquitoes. The Samoyeds leave all that part of the 

 country during the summer months and retire to the north coast of 

 the peninsula to avoid the mosquitoes ; so that the birds are undis- 

 turbed throughout most of the breeding season. 



Leaving Heno at 2 p.m. we made a quick passage to Vardo ; and 

 after securing our letters and a supply of coal, went on the same 

 evening to Tromso, where we arrived at 6 p.m. on the 5 th. Here we 

 met most of the members of the Baldwin-Ziegler Expedition (except 

 Mr. Baldwin himself, who reached Tromso a few hours after we left), 

 and went over the two ships chartered for the voyage, the America 

 and the Frithoff, The latter was under the command of my former 

 captain, Kjeldsen, whose presence was a guarantee that her part as a 

 relief ship would be carried out with thoroughness and ability. 



Nothing worthy of comment occurred during the voyage down 

 the coast from Tromso to Bergen ; and we reached England July i 5 th 

 after a splendid passage across the North Sea. 



