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Our dogs had suffered much by being exposed to the water, and one 
of them could not walk any longer. IVERSEN too was ill, suffering from 
symptoms resembling scurvy, and we were compelled to camp on land 
to get some rest and to dry our soaked travelling-gear. 
The ice between Lambert’s Land and the skerries was not older 
than from last autumn, and the water was already drained off it through 
melting holes, so our progress was rather good, only retarded by some 
open lanes of water. On August 13th we reached the open landwater, 
which was at least 30 metres broad, but we rafted our outfit across 
on small pieces of ice without any accident. 
We camped on land at 3,30 a.m., and after a few hours’ sleep we 
went out hunting, as we had only 0,5 kg pemmican left. 
The northern end of the peninsula, on which we had camped, was 
a low, marshy plain, covered with long and fresh-looking grass, and we 
saw very numerous traces of musk-ox, some of them apparently quite 
recent. Fair-looking as the country had been on the plain, it became 
still better between the sheltering mountains on the lower half of 
the peninsula, where we found grass, heather and willows. We did not 
see any big game, but IVERSEN succeeded in shooting twelve ptarmigans 
with our only shotgun. 
We proceeded on our journey on August 14th, but we did not make 
good progress, as we had more water-ponds to cross, than we had ever 
had before, and it was not till we came very near to Bronlunds Grave, 
following the land-water, that the water-ponds began to disappear. 
Brenlunds Grave was reached on August 15th, and we went out 
hunting at once, but without any results, which was all the more sur- 
prising as the country was covered with vegetation in all sheltered spots. 
We saw many new traces of musk-ox. 
We were hunting all of August 16th and only got one small hare 
weighing about 2 kilo. The high temperature surprised us, and we had 
+ 178 at midnight. 
We had intended to start for Schnauder Island on August 17th, 
but after having eaten the liver of one of our dogs, which we had been 
obliged to kill for food, we fell asleep and slept so long that we did not 
begin to work again till August 18th 5 a.m. 
We examined Bronlunds Grave carefully and had a good oppor- 
tunity of doing it thouroughly, as all the snow was now melted off the 
ground. We found a compass, formerly belonging to the theodolite, but 
nothing whatever of any importance. | | 
We left Lambert’s Land at noon (August 18th) in order to pass 
the tidal crack with low water, which facilitates the work, but then we 
camped on the other side of it to await the lowest night-temperature. 
The sledge-journey was begun in earnest at 1,30a.m. August 19th, 
and in the course of an hour we reached the floating Inlandice. Here 
the going became quite good, and the rivers were rather easy to cross, 
