354 P- Freuchen. 



The spring has now (1st June) set in. We saw the first thawed 

 water while still up on the Glacier Lake; naturally however, only in 

 specially favoured spots, sheltered, or facing south, etc. 



On the 30th May we saw the first stream of any considerable dimen- 

 sions which flowed for the whole of the 24 hours. 



The country about the innermost portion of Danmarks Fjord con- 

 sists, as far as we could see, both on the north and south sides of low, 

 worn hills of rock, partly covered by moraine deposit. 



All the time we were in the fjord, the wind kept constantly WSW; 

 the snowdrifts in ice and land show this to be the prevaihng direction 

 (Føhn). All signs such as plant growth indicated much wind and little 

 rainfall. At no place did the inland ice appear to reach down into the 

 fjord, nor were any icebergs seen; all along the south-east coast, however, 

 the inland ice comes fairly close to the shore, while in many places snow- 

 filled valleys afford an easy means of ascent. The inland ice itself ap- 

 pears firm and immobile, without fissures. 



Out across Kronprins Christians Land the sky presented the ap- 

 pearance which it has above water: the distance and direction would 

 correspond to Mallemuk Fjæld, where there would doubtless be open 

 water at that time. 



The south-eastern side of the fjord consists, as regards the inner 

 and central portions, of low hills with hollows and valleys. On talking 

 over the fate of Mylius Erichsen and his comrades, the three Green- 

 land-born members of our party, all born hunters, were agreed that 

 travellers compelled to subsist on game in the fjord would have their 

 best chance of finding musk ox here. 



On the 31st May we emerged from the Zig-zag Valley, and proceeded 

 out through the fjord, as already mentioned, keeping to the north-western 

 side. The appearance of the country here clearly indicated an old ice 

 fjord. The hills lay farther back from the coast, about 5 km., with huge 

 heaps of moraine deposit, old lateral moraines, at their foot. Between 

 the heights and the moraine runs a long tract of valley, at the bottom 

 of which clay bogs alternate with small lakes. The great valley of clay 

 is entirely devoid of vegetation; on the hillsides, however, there are a 

 number of rich moist spots, the haunt of hare and musk ox. 



The mounds of moraine deposit were about 100 metres high, dimi- 

 nishing, however, as we went on, and some 10 km. farther they disappeared 

 entirely, the hills at the same time growing lower, and as a matter of 

 fact passing over into the plateau formation, covered at the top by a 

 layer of moraine clay, which extends over the whole of the peninsula. 

 When the lateral moraines cease, the rocky heights present a sheer pre- 

 cipitous front towards the coast. We made no measurements here, the 

 cliffs appeared, however, to be about 100 metres high or more, and 

 consisted of the same material as all the other sediment rocks we en- 

 countered. Somewhat farther on (8km,) a narrow foreshore appears; 



