164 WILHELM LAUB. 
In the afternoon of May 2nd at 6 p.m. we registered a temperature of 
— 27°C., on the 3rd we did not record anything, but that it was ex- 
tremely low is proved by the fact that one of our dogs was frozen to 
death that day. It was “Bajads”, a small dog without ears and tail, 
which we had grown very fond of. 
Worthy of mention is that nearly all the storms, we had during 
the sledge journey, were blowing when the barometer was high; and 
the same thing was noticed in our winter quarters, where it was also 
blowing with a high barometer. 
On the morning of May 4th it was still blowing hard, but the snow- 
fall had ceased so that the drifts were less, and we continued our journey, 
fortunately with the wind at our backs; had it been a head wind our 
progress would have been rendered impossible. It was certainly not a 
pleasant experience, but necessity forced us to advance. Our course 
now lay somewhat more to the north, as we crossed our outward 
course whilst still on the high Inlandice, and drove down the midway 
between Ymer’s Nunatak and the northern extremity of Dronning 
Louise’s Land, where we found a long snow drift extending from the 
wall of Suzanne Glacier, so that this was comparatively easy to descend. 
But we did not get through without damage, as both runners of the 
sledge broke in the forepart, so that it was necessary to turn the 
sledge and drive stern foremost. It will be obvious that this mode of 
progression was no easy matter, as the runners were constantly embedded 
in the snow, caused by the lack of the usual curve. When we camped 
in the evening my skis were put under the sledge as runners, but this 
also was a matter of some difficulty, as the fittings of the old runners 
had first to be screwed on to the skis, which afterwards were lashed 
on to the sledge. But once more everything was all right, and we 
were able to resume our journey on the morning of the 95. 
We had, however, still another disaster on that day, due entirely to 
my own want of foresight. I had put the Primus apparatus too close 
to the canvas, and whilst I was taking the provisions out, the tent 
caught fire, and a hole was burnt in it, about half a metre square. 
I succeeded in making the damage good, but it cost me about an hour’s 
extra work, after the others had turned in. 
On the 6th we reached the depot arranged for Capt. MIKKELSEN 
at 77°10’ №. Lat. off the east coast of Dronning Louise’s Land on Stor- 
strommen, where we were obliged to take three days’ food for the 
dogs, viz 12 pemmican cakes. We notified this and also particulars 
of our journey to Capt. MIKKELSEN in a letter, which we left for 
him at the depot. | 
We spent four more days on the Inlandice (Fig. 81 and Fig. 82), 
but although we were not strangers to the district, there were many 
difficulties to be encountered, as the sledge had now to be driven with great 
care over the very troublesome ice encountered here, it being full of 
