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further investigation, so that, in a geographical point of 

 view, nothing could be done. As the weather was so 

 unfavourable, we thought it better to return and husband 

 oar strength for another enterprise to the south. 



On the 12th and 13th violent snow^-storms raged, which 

 broke all the ice around Cape Wynn. First Lieutenant 

 Payer, however, wished much to close the year, if pos- 

 sible, with one good discovery. Thus, on the 27th of 

 October, a sledge expedition started under his super- 

 intendence with the intention of exploring the land to 

 the south of Flache Bay. He was accompanied by 

 Dr. Copeland and the sailors Iversen, Wagner, and 

 Herzberg. They returned on the 4th of November at 

 half-past nine p.m. The account of this journey will be 

 given in the next chapter. 



ARCTIC FOX AT A TRAP, 



