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which marked the tent enclosure, and scattered about were a few pieces 
of rope and cloth, which had passed through the dogs. We saw only 
a very few bones of musk-ox, which was quite natural, considering that 
they had used the great bulk of them as fuel, and nothing whatever 
of interest was seen. 
A cairn standing about 1000 metres from the camping site was 
searched (Fig. 53), and in it we found a thermometer case, containing 
the following report, which on PI. VIII is presented in facsimile: 
“First-lieutenant HAGEN, the Greenlander BRONLUND and the under- 
“signed on May 28th 1907 at the North-east Naze of this land (ca. 82°04’ 
“N. Lat., са. 22° W. Long.) left the sledge party of First-lieutenant Koch, 
“who had reached the north point of Greenland, and were on their way 
“back to the ship, at Cape Bismarck. We drove westward with 23 dogs 
“until the Ist of June and reached Peary’s Cape Glacier, discovered that 
“the Peary Channel does not? exist; Navy Cliff is connected by fast 
“land with Heilprinn Land. We renamed Independence Bay the Inde- 
“pendence Fjord and built a cairn (with report) on a low point near 
“Cape Glacier. On the way out through the Fjord we discovered and 
“investigated two side fjords — “Bronlunds Fjord” towards the north- 
“west and “Hagens Fjord” towards the south-east and built a cairn 
“(with report) at the last-mentioned. Also discovered old tent-rings. 
“Mild weather suddenly set in, deep snow, melting ice-water on the 
“ice, lack of big game and sickness and loss of energy among the dogs 
“made our journey out difficult and delayed us so much, that we only 
“arrived here on June 12th. Further advance by way of the ice was 
_ “then impossible. Only 15 dogs were still living, one died later. Since 
“then we have existed exclusively on the hunting (7 musk-oxen and 1 
“calf, 15 wild geese, 4 hares and 3 ptarmigan). Land surveying sup- 
“plemented, the scientific collections added to, especially flowering plants 
“and plant and animal fossils. Called the land Kronprins Christian’s 
“Land. 
“Devoid of further food for ourselves and the dogs, having had 
“по big game since July 16th, we must to-day — after ferrying across 
“to the fast ice on an ice-floe — with 14 dogs, two sledges and all our 
“goods seek better hunting grounds along the coast away from this per- 
“fectly desolate locality, which we have wandered over within an area 
“of 20 miles. All three are quite well. Will endeavour to reach some 
“miles further into the Fjord lying to the south-west from here, which 
“we explored in May and called “Danmark’s Fjord”, where at that time 
“we found good hunting of hares and musk-oxen. If we succeed in 
“obtaining sufficient food, we intend, when the ice becomes passable 
“probably towards the end of the present month, to undertake the 
1 Underlined by Mytius-Ericusen. Note by author. 
