SECOND EXPEDITION TO THE ICE-CAP 



the camp had come back again, but this time two 

 of them fell victims to the rifles of Abraham and 

 Peter. They were blue foxes and one of the skins 

 was in a fair condition. 



Blue foxes are especially abundant near Mount 

 Evans and in the winter season Eskimos sometimes 

 have made the long trip from the coast by dog-sled 

 to trap them. The skins may not be taken out of 

 Greenland, but a small bounty of two Danish 

 crowns, or about fifty cents, is paid by the govern- 

 ment for each good skin which is turned in to them. 



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