554 THE OEUMAN ARCTH," EXl'EDITION. 



parency of the atmosphere showed up every individual 

 feature, and the morning sun warmed the blue air plea- 

 santly, in which the smoke from our chimney floated in 

 horizontal stripes." 



Further, and further we advanced ; until, at last, we 

 thought that our discoveries had come to an end, but 

 steering south-west towards the " Devil's Castle," there 

 suddenly opened upon us a gateway at least two nautical 

 miles broad, with wondrously beautiful scenery; and to 

 the west, another seemingly endless branch of the Fjord. 

 For some hours longer we continued to advance, when 

 the engineer informed us that the boiler leaked again, and 

 that he must put out the fire. 



On the south side of the Fjord we saw what we 

 thought would be a good spot to anchor, which we did 

 in ten fathoms of water at nine a.m. on the 11th of 

 August. 



This point, the most westerly that we reached, was 

 in 73° 11' 6" N. Lat. and 25° 58' 6" W. Long, from 

 Greenwich. 



We now decided upon climbing one of the higher 

 mountains, in order that we might have a good general 

 view of the whole neighbourhood. This First-Lieutenant 

 Payer undertook to do ; Dr. Copeland climbed to one of 

 the glaciers, to prepare some contrivance for measuring 

 the rate of its motion ; Dr. Borgen conveyed all necessary 

 instruments on shore; and Dr. Pansch rambled in the 

 neighbourhood in search of Fauna and Flora. 



An attempt to observe the tides utterly failed, on 

 account of the waves caused by the continual descent 

 of icebergs. A current in any direction, either con- 

 stant or alternating, we could not, in spite of the most 



