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crawl along on the downfallen debris. Where it was flat the coast seemed 
covered with vegetation, and we saw many traces of musk-ox, hare and 
ptarmigan. We followed a quite fresh track of one musk-ox along the 
coast, where the going as a rule was rather good, a large moraine 
running almost all along the western coast of Schnauder Island, 
separated from the land by a narrow stretch of water, in which the tide 
rises or falls. 
The depot was found on August 23rd at 9 р. т., and the box was 
lying on the top of a small mound, where no water could get into it. 
The contents were well preserved, and we had now food to last us about 
a fortnight, and so we could afford to take the much needed rest of a 
few days. For the matter of that it was also absolutely necessary to 
remain in camp for some days, as we had been poisoned by the dogliver, 
and our skin peeled off in large flakes, whereby we got open sores in all 
places where the underclothing rubbed against the body. 
Rested the whole of August 24th and 25th. I went out hunting 
on August 26th and crossed Schnauder Island. The west coast was high 
and rather steep, but the country sloped gradually towards the east. 
The interior of the island was covered with vegetation, and there was a 
very large number of musk-ox traces. The animals were on the 
island, as I found warm excrements, but it was impossible to follow 
one trace, аз so many animals had been walking backwards and for- 
wards over the island. Saw some rather large lakes near the east coast 
with footprints of geese on the marshy beaches, but I did not see any- 
thing to shoot. IVERSEN went out on August 27th, but he did not get 
anything, although he saw a hare. We had hoped to be able to do 
some hunting, but we were compelled to give it up after these two 
attempts, as our skin peeled off to such a degree that it became dangerous 
and threatened to lay us up for a considerable period. 
August 28th and 29th we spent in camp. 
Began sledging southward along the west coast of Schnauder Island 
on August 30th, after having been lucky enough to shoot five ptarmigans. 
The ice on the fresh water-ponds was now frozen so solid that we could 
walk on it, and this was of course a very great help to us, as we were 
not compelled to make more detours, and could use the river-courses as 
a highway. 
Camped at the depot on Schnauder Island, which we left again on August 
31st at 2 а. т. We made good progress in spite of the very much pressed- 
up Inlandice, which we passed off the SW point of Schnauder Island. The 
ice became quite good, when we got clear of the island, and remained 
good all of September Ist, when we had neither crevasses nor river- 
courses to cross. On our route we passed two places, where the members 
of the Danmark-Expedition must have rested temporarily, as boxes and 
opened tins were lying about on the ice. Made about 7 miles. 
The conditions were the same on Sept. 2nd, and we made rather 
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