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hvor D'Hrr. Danielssen, Friele. Tornøé og Schiertz debar- 

 kérede. Deri nu overflødige Del af Besætningen afmønstre- 

 des og ende! ai de Skibet tilhørende Sager bragtes ombord, 

 ligesom Laanegods afleveredes til Bergens Værft. Lørdag 

 Morgen den 7de afgik vi fraBergen og ankom Kl. 4Efter- 

 middag den 9de til Kristiania, hvor D'Hrr. Mohn, Sårs og 

 Schmelck gik iland. Næste Dags Meddag den 10de Sep- 

 tember åfgik jeg med Skibet til Horten, hvor Desarmerin- 

 gen strax paabegyndtes. Den 20de var alle Sager bragt 

 iland 02 Skibet klart tilÅflevering med Cndtagelse af Don- 

 keykjedlen, der skulde tåges ombord- i Bergen, Kl. .V 

 Formiddag den 2 Ule" gik "Vøringen" fra Horten og ankom 

 til Bergen den 23de. 



Der var i 1878 ialt tåget 117 Lodskud. 57 Tempe- 

 raturrækker. L5 Skraber og 24 Trawler. samt. formlen de 

 magnetiske Observationer i Land ved Hammerfest og Vardø. 

 tillige 6 fuldstændige Misvisningsobservationer paa Soen. 

 hvilke paa Grund af Observationsstedernes geografiske Be- 

 liggenhed er af megen Interesse. 



Det i 'den oprindélige Plan angivne Parvand mellem 

 Norge, Pærøerne, Jan Mayen og Spidsbergen var saa- 

 ledes befaret og Expeditionens Undersogelsesrejser lykkelig 

 tilendebragte i den for samme fastsatte Tid. 



Den gode Forstaaelse mellem Expeditionens Medlem- 

 mer vedvarede uden Forstyrrelse lige til det Sidste. 

 Sluttelig skal det ogsaa med Taknemmelighed bemærkes. at 

 Expeditionen overalt blev mødt med den største Velvilje. 

 Baade Amtmand Finsen paa Færøerhe og Landshøvding 

 Finsen paa Island, ligesom ogsaa Bergens. Kristiansunds. 

 Namsos'. Bodøs. Tromsøs og Hammerfests Borgere foran- 

 staltede Festligheder i Anledning af Expeditionens Nærvæ- 

 relse og gjorde Alt. for at Opholdet paa de respective Ste- 

 der skulde blive saa behageligt som muligt. 



4th ul' September, at half-past ten oclock. \\'e arrived at 

 Bergen, where Dr. Danielssen, Mr Friele, Mr. Tornøe, 

 and Mr. Schiertz disembarked. Part of the crew, viz. 

 the now superfluous hands, were paid off, djvers effects 

 belonging tu the ship brought on board, and borrowed 

 gear returned to the Bergen Navy Yard. On. the morn- 

 ing of Saturday the 7th of September we lett Bergen, 

 and mi the 9th, at 4 b'clock in the afternoon, réached 

 Christiania, where Professors Mohn and Sårs' and Mr. 

 Schmelck went asbore. At noon on the following day 

 I took the vessel to Horten. By the 20th, the ship bad 

 been cleared of everything belouging to the Expedition 

 and got ready for her owners. On the 21st. at a quarter 

 past tive in the morning, the •■Voringen" lett Hurten. 

 and arrived at Bergen on the 23rd. 



On the third cruise of the Expedition. in 1*7*. 

 there were tåken in all 117 soundings. 57 serial temper- 

 atures, 15 hauls of the dredge. and 24 casts of the trawl, 

 togetber — exclusive of the magnetical observations on 

 shore at Hammerfest and Vardø — ' wrth ii complete ob- 

 servations at sea for determining the variation of the com- 

 pass. which, from the geographical position of the observing- 

 points possess very considerable interest.- 



The tract of ocean embraced in the original Scheme. 

 viz. that between Norway, the Pæroe Islands, jan Mayen, 

 and Spitzbérgen, bad thus been investigated, and the ex- 

 ploring cruises of the Expedition happily terminated within 

 the period appointed, 



Nothirig arose to cloud the friendly spirit prevailing 

 amoug the members of the Scientiric Staff. Nor must I. 

 in conclusion. omit torecord our debt of gratitude for the 

 eager hospitality and ready assistance we everywhere re- 

 ceived. Both the chief magistrate of the Færoe Islands. 

 Amtmand Finsen, and the governor of Iceland. Landshøv- 

 ding Finsen, liad festivities arranged in lionour of the 

 Expedition. as did also the people of Bergen. Kristian- 

 sund. Namsos, Bodo. Tromso. and Hammerfest, leaving 

 nothing undone that might in auy way tend to enhance 

 the pleasure of our stav. 



