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— 9° Falir., by wliich tlie working with the thoodoHto 

 was rendered very difficult, for we could scarcely 

 approach it without causing the lenses to become coated 

 with moisture. At six p.m., after retracing eighteen 

 luiutical miles, we reached the halting-place of the 28tli 

 of October (—11° Fahr.). That night we were kept 

 awake by storm and drifting snow. 



We started again on the 4tli of November at six a.m. 

 with a light west wind (— 13° Fahr.), and, after three 

 hours' march, reached Cape Borlase Warren, when, after 

 passing the dense ice-groups, it became daylight. The 

 sun did not appear quite above the horizon this day. 

 We rested for an hour ; the remainder of the spirits pro- 

 vided us with a soup, and then we entered the icy 

 labyrinth. In the neighbourhood of Flaclie Bay, how- 

 ever, we found it very unsafe, the last northern storm 

 having broken up all the ice, and opened up broad 

 streams of water, which were partly again covered with 

 thin ice, that bent under our weight like leather. In the 

 meantime it was quite dark ; even open water we could 

 only distinguish by sounding with the alpenstock. We 

 soon found it very difficult to drag the sledge; so we 

 left it behind in a secure place on the coast, only taking 

 with us our books and instruments. We then followed 

 the line of the coast, but there we met with complicated 

 and impassable masses of ice, so we had to return to the 

 treacherous ice-field. As with difficulty we were fol- 

 lowing the road, we were suddenly startled by a walrus 

 breaking through the ice close to us. We fled as 

 quickly as we could, for any attempt to defend ourselves 

 would have been madness. But the walrus swam as 

 quickly under the ice after us, breaking through it 



