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and that the greater part of our seal meat might be 

 missing when we wanted it. But our fears proved 

 groundless; Cook that was the name of the dog; 

 we had a Peary as well, of course was gone for ever. 



The improved outfit was in every way successful. 

 Praises of the new tent were heard on every hand, and 

 Prestrud and Johansen were in the seventh heaven over 

 their double sleeping-bag. I fancy the others were very 

 well satisfied with their single ones. 



And with this the most important part of the 

 autumn's work came to an end. The foundation was 

 solidly laid; now we had only to raise the edifice. Let 

 us briefly sum up the work accomplished between 

 January 14 and April 11: The complete erection of 

 the station, with accommodation for nine men for 

 several years; provision of fresh meat for nine men 

 and a hundred and fifteen dogs for half a year the 

 weight of the seals killed amounted to about 60 tons; 

 and, finally, the distribution of 3 tons of supplies in 

 the depots in latitudes 80, 81, and 82 S. The depot 

 in 80 S. contained seal meat, dogs' pemmican, biscuits, 

 butter, milk-powder, chocolate, matches, and paraffin, 

 besides a quantity of outfit. The total weight of this 

 depot was 4,200 pounds. In 81 S., | ton of dogs' 

 pemmican. In 82 S., pemmican, both for men and 

 dogs, biscuits, milk-powder, chocolate, and paraffin, 

 besides a quantity of outfit. The weight of this depot 

 amounted to 1,366 pounds. 



