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Next day the Lofoten duly came in. She loaded up 

 our things, missing only one case, which, as it happened, 

 was fortunately left behind. In Mr. Jeaffreson's party was, 

 as I have stated before, an artist, Mr. Huyshe Walkey, 

 with whom at this time we had much conversation. Mr. 

 Jeaffreson, who arrived in Spitsbergen on July 10, with the 

 intention of making some explorations, was unfortunately 

 recalled by private affairs on the 25th of the same month, 

 before he had been able to accomplish any new work. He 

 left Mr. Walkey behind, expecting to be detained in Norway 

 for a few days only, and to return and join him. He 

 had not, as yet, been able to do so, but Walkey was under 

 the impression that he would still come and relieve him. 

 Walkey was much urged to avail himself of the Lofoten's 

 last trip, and make good his retreat, but he held to his 

 opinion that duty called him to stay, and he stayed. He 

 was insufficiently provided with food, and, had it not been 

 for the case of provisions we accidentally left behind, and 

 which he fortunately discovered, he would have fared even 

 worse than he did. Eventually he was brought home by 

 Baron de Geer, in his already overcrowded cutter. 



In the evening came gleams of light in the north, and 

 a stirring in the air. "The weather is going to change," 

 said Pedersen, " See ! there is pink light." And now a 

 series of the rarest and most delicately beautiful effects suc- 

 ceeded one another over Ice Fjord, or were simultaneously 

 exhibited side by side to the despair of our artist. The 

 cloud-roof rose just clear of the glaciers of Cape Boheman 

 and their dividing hills, but from it depended a veil of 

 mist, lacelike and transparent, through which the hills were 

 clearly visible. The midnight sun was low, hidden behind 

 the clouds, but its light flowed beneath them, and tinted 

 the mist-veil, hills, and glacier-flat with tenderest rose, except 

 where blue shadows intervened, or purple rocks obtruded. 



