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stirring in them again to-day. In spite of all our toil 

 for subsistence, in spite of all our "peasant politics," 

 sheer utilitarianism is perhaps not so dominant among us 

 after all. 



As time was precious I did not, as originally intended, 

 put in at Trondhjem, but stopped at Beian, where 

 Sverdrup joined us. Here Professor Brogger also came 

 on board, to accompany us as far as Tromso. 



Here, too, our doctor received three monstrous chests 

 with the medicine supply, a gift from Apothecary Bruun 

 of Trondhjem. 



And so on towards the north along the lovely coast of 

 Nordland. We stopped at one or two places to take 

 dried fish on board as provision for the dogs. Past 

 Torghatten, the Seven Sisters, and Hestemanden, past 

 Lovunen and Traenen, far out yonder in the sea, 

 past Lofoten and all the other lovely places each 

 bold gigantic form wilder and more beautiful than 

 the. last. It is unique a fairyland a land of dreams. 

 We felt afraid to go on too fast for fear of missing 

 something. 



On July 1 2th we arrived at Tromso, where we were 

 to take in coal and other things, such as reindeer cloaks 

 " komager " (a sort of Lapp mocassin), Finn shoes, 

 " senne " grass, dried reindeer flesh, etc., etc., all of 

 which had been procured by that indefatigable friend of 

 the expedition, Advocate Mack. Tromso gave us a cold 

 reception a north-westerly gale, with driving snow and 



