100 Esnar MIKKELSEN. 
box, and this depot we did not find. It is true, that we had no knowledge 
as to whether any provisions were left there, and did not therefore make 
any direct search, but circumstances forced us to sledge on the inner 
side of the tidal fissures and often on the beach itself, and we did саге- 
fully examine everything we passed in the hope of finding some evidence 
to show that MyLIus-ERICHSEN and his comrades had reached so far. 
It should also be remembered that this depot was laid down at 
the beginning of May, and of course on a spot then free from snow. 
Such a spot would of necessity be at least equally bare when we passed, 
more than a month later in the year, and it would be impossible to avoid 
seeing two such large objects as the tin of dog-feed and the cooking- 
box. These must therefore have been removed by the party on their 
return-journey. 
The next depot was situated about 60 miles farther to the east 
at 81°30’ and consisted according to Capt. Косн of 
tins of pemmican a 0.5 kg. 
tin of cabbage and farcemeat a 1.0 kg. 
tins of pease meal a 0.25 kg. 
litres kerosene. 
26 kg dog-pemmican. 
DS DO rl DO 
We found the depot on the top of a little island or possibly beach, 
the spot itself, as well as the ground in the immediate vicinity, being 
so bare of snow, that we also found several fragments of rope which 
had been chewed by the dogs, some rags and empty tins. But of the 
provisions only the following remained: 
2 tins of pemmican a 0.5 kg. 
1 tin of cabbage and farcemeat a 1.0 kg. 
2 tins of pease meal a 0.25 kg. 
The two litres of kerosene and the 26 kg. of dog-pemmican, how- 
ever, were missing. 
MYLIUS-ERICHSEN and his comrades must thus have reached this 
spot; it is impossible, however, to formulate any suggestion as to why 
they should have left the 5 small tins of provisions behind. It would 
be natural to suppose that they would welcome a change of diet after 
having lived so long exclusively on meat. The fact, however, at least 
serves to show that they must have been well supplied when they reached 
here, and had fully recovered their strength; they must also have found 
game after leaving Sjelland’s Sletten, since they were able to disregard 
so comparatively considerable an amount of food. 
That they should have taken the kerosene is a matter of course; 
fuel, and that of an economical sort, is of enormous importance when 
sledging. It is less easy to understand why they should have taken the 
dog-pemmican, if they had so much meat on the sledge that the men 
