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thought the ground continued to rise to the south. 

 It was all imagination, as our later measurements 

 showed. 



We had now reached our highest latitude that 

 autumn, and had reason to be well satisfied. We laid 

 down 1,370 pounds here, chiefly dogs' pemmican. We 

 did nothing that afternoon, only rested a little. The 

 weather was brisk, clear and calm, - 13 F. The dis- 

 tance this last day was thirteen and a half miles. 



Next day we stayed where we were, built our depot, 

 and marked it. The marking was done in the same 

 way as in 81 S., with this difference, that here the 

 pieces of packing-case had small, dark blue strips of 

 cloth fastened to the top, which made them easier 

 to see. We made this depot very secure, so that we 

 could be certain it would stand bad weather in the 

 course of the winter. I also left my sledge behind, as 

 I saw the impossibility of getting it home with my 

 team; besides which, an extra sledge at this point 

 might possibly be useful later. This depot 12 feet 

 high was marked with a bamboo and a flag on the top, 

 so that it could be seen a great way off. 



On March 10 we took the road for home. I had 

 divided my dogs between Wisting and Hanssen, but 

 they got no assistance from these bags of bones, only 

 trouble. The other three teams had held out well. 

 There was hardly anything wrong to be seen with 

 Hanssen's. Wisting's team was looked upon as the 



