CHAPTER VIII 



ALONG THE GREENLAND COAST TO THE ROOSEVELT 



WEARILY we started westward to regain the 

 Roosevelt and I kept an Eskimo constantly 

 scouting the shore abreast of our line of march, looking 

 for hare, but musk-oxen were to be our salvation and 

 instead of setting an air-line course for the north end 

 of Britannia Island on the route which I had followed 

 in 1900, I determined ;to go straight for the north 

 end of Ellison Island and thence round the southern 

 end of Britannia Island through the passage between 

 it and the mainland, and from there along the coast 

 to Cape May and Cape Bryant, as I felt satisfied that 

 on Nares Land and in the neighbourhood of Cape May 

 we should find musk-oxen. 



Our first camp was just ofl the precipitous black 

 northern point of Ellison Island. Clark and Pooblah 

 of his party did not come in till three hours after the 

 rest of us. They could just barely crawl along. When 

 we left camp I started them off as soon as they had 

 their tea, they travelled so slowly. Fine weather, clear 

 and calm, and we headed for the south end of 

 Britannia. 



Arriving at the point, which is low, I sent Panikpah 

 across overland to look for hare. Soon after rounding 

 the point and heading for Cape May we heard one 

 shot. We travelled just as long as we possibly could, 



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