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grey winter hair hanging in long tufts behind them. Both had a layer 

 of suet 1 cm thick along the back. The one which we had sighted first, 

 and which we subsequently shot, was in poorer condition, and had shed 

 less of its coat. Contents of stomach a thick fluid, as the grass is now 

 fresh. 



On the same day the other party shot 8 head in all, 5 cows and 

 3 calves, at a place some 5 km distant. They had also seen another 

 herd of seven, and later a single ox. 



On the 16th July, on our way to the camp, we passed close by the 

 two bulls we had first killed, and saw two others calmly grazing a little 

 way off. Close to the camp we came upon a herd of seven; 3 old cows, 

 3 yearling heifers, and one calf born the same year. Having only suf- 

 ficient cartridges for five of the beasts, we were obliged to kill the calf 

 and one of the heifers with our knives, as they would not be driven off. 

 The calf attacked me angrily when I tried to drink its mother's milk. 

 This calf had just commenced to shed its foetal hair. The mother had 

 not shed nearly so much as the others, which trailed long streamers 

 of winter hair about them, these giving a most fantastic appearance, 

 especially in a wind. 



While we were flaying these, a solitary bull came down towards us, 

 but was soon driven off. 



All these animals had been seen and shot in the same valley, to 

 which we now brought down our tent and sledge, availing ourselves of 

 a jutting arm of ice which ran out into it. The lower end of the ice was 

 covered with dung, so that one could not move a step without treading 

 on it. A path ran through the valley, as good as any through the woods 

 at home ; on reaching the lake, a narrow piece of water about 20 km. 

 long, it branched off into two, one path following either side. This valley, 

 by the way, we called "The High Road" on account of the constant 

 traffic. Other paths ran out from adjoining valleys and ravines, making 

 connection with the main thoroughfare. These paths will last for years, 

 when once stamped hard; I have seen several trodden by reindeer at 

 the base of Olriks Bay, still clear and good, though the reindeer have 

 not been numerous there for ten or fifteen years. 



We pitched our camp in an adjoining valley. 



On the 17th July we shot three bulls, each moving by itself, about 

 1 km from the tent. One of them had an old fracture of the sternum, 

 the proc. ensiformis, which is cartilaginous, being almost separated from 

 it. The fracture had evidently been made by a thrust of some obtuse 

 body (a horn). All three had about 1 34 cm of suet on the back. 



On the 18th July two full grown cows and a calf passed through 

 the valley. 



On the 19th July a bull came down towards us and lay down to 

 sleep in the shadow of a big rock in the middle of the valley. After having 

 slept for five hours it advanced towards the tent; we fired, and it took 



