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and after sleeping twenty-four hours began our return 

 march to Cape Bremen, which we reached on the morning 

 of the 10th. 



By the telescope we inspected the south coast of 

 Bastian's Bay, and found it almost impossible for us to 

 get along with the sledge, which we therefore decided 

 upon leaving behind, taking with us on our backs nothing 

 but the instruments, the tent, and a few other things. 

 Three great difficulties we should have to surmount — the 

 passage of Bastian's Bay, the Fligely Fjord, and Clavering 

 Straits; the whole distance we hoped to do in four 

 marches at the utmost. 



After a short sleep we began our march on the 10th of 

 June, at midnight, each with a weight of from 40 lb. 

 to 50 lb. on his back. 



We first tried to cross the bay direct, but this we 

 found impossible from the depth of water and snow upon 

 the ice. We therefore went along the coast to the nar- 

 rowest part, which we crossed in two hours, and at ten 

 p.m. on the 11th of June w^e began our second day's 

 journey; but we seemed to have over-estimated our 

 strength, and could scarcely hope to reach the ship by 

 the time we had hoped ; we had, therefore, to be careful 

 of our provisions, which had fallen very low. Fortunately 

 for us, we fell in with a herd of fifteen musk-oxen and four 

 calves ; they were very shy and restless, which we could 

 account for afterwards, as Lieutenant Payer had already 

 met them and killed two. We fired four shots, and had 

 the satisfaction of bringing down one young bull. 



We soon had a bright fire of willow branches, and some 

 Andromeda made us an excellent soup, which, with the 

 liver and heart of the animal, afl'orded us a refreshing 



