500 ' THE GERMAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION. 



be distinctly seen. Besides tliese were two others 

 erected by Lieutenant Payer, one at Cape Bremen, and 

 one at the "black wall," to the south of our standing 

 point. 



The prospect from Ruthner to westward, if only over 

 the interior of Kuhn Island, is wonderfully beautiful. 

 The wildly rent mountains, with broad ravines and 

 narrow gorges, and the wonderful contrast of the granite 

 sandstone, and basaltic rocks against the blinding white 

 snow, made a never-to-be-forgotten impression. To the 

 north end of the island lay a long, narrow channel, run- 

 ning deep into the land to the west ; where to, remained 

 an unsolved question. In Ardencaple Inlet at 75°, and 

 Gael Hamkes Bay in 74°, was ample room for sledging 

 expeditions in the spring and autumn. Our interesting 

 excursion ended at three-quarters past six p.m. At seven 

 on the 25tli of May we left Ruthner, which we were unable 

 to use as a station, for Cape Bremen, reaching the 

 shore beneath it by half-past three a.m. It was quite 

 clear and evident to us that our sledge journeys would 

 soon have to be given up for this year, and therefore it 

 would be impossible to carry our measuring as far as 

 Haystack. The furthest we could hope to reach was a 

 spot on Ilochstetter's Promontory,. in order to connect it 

 with the Observatory on Sabine Island ; this Copeland and 

 Sengstacke were to do, and choose the station from which 

 to signal. Borgen and Iversen were to climb Cape 

 Bremen, to heighten the cairn already built, and there 

 begin the measurement of the angles. We should then 

 visit Tellplatte once more, and leaving all we could behind, 

 hurry on board with the instruments. 



We trod Hochstetter's Promontory at a small tongue of 



