THE SUMMER EXPEDITION TO THE ICE-CAP 



found it necessary to relay two of the packs. It 

 testifies to the abundance of potable water in 

 Greenland except along the fjords that this camp 

 was the only dry one we were to make on the en- 

 tire journey of 21 days, and we did not find it 

 necessary to carry water with us when on trek. 



The Eskimos were much surprised to see Larry 

 Gould take the canoe upon his shoulders and 

 march off with it, but we were hardly less sur- 

 prised to observe the heavy packs which they were 

 able to carry. All of us were so loaded down that 

 we staggered when getting up, but once started 

 we soon got accustomed to the burden and after a 

 little found pleasure in the daily trek. 



The first day had been a very trying one and I 

 did not call the party for breakfast the next morn- 

 ing until near eight o'clock. The breakfast I al- 

 ways prepared myself as this permitted me to fix 

 the time of getting off. The next night we camped 

 above a waterfall at the edge of a lake and were 

 thus assured that we would be able to use the canoe 

 on the morrow. Early the next morning Gould 

 and Belknap started up the lake in the canoe to- 

 ward a high mountain visible at the further end, 

 with instructions to climb it and strive to gain 

 some idea as to available lakes for the canoe on the 



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