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haying finished their meal, they had returned as usual to the moun- 

 tain near Sælsøen. 



Between the above named tent place and Rypefjeldet I found a 

 few days later two large pieces of walrus meat which had been 

 dragged away by wolves from the carcasses on the headland. Fresh 

 foot-prints of wolves and innumerable traces ot foxes were left 

 round the pieces of meat which bore distinct marks of the teeth of 

 carnivorous animals. 



On October 9**1 1907 one of the partakers of the expedition, 

 Hagerup, on his way from Hvalrosodden to the ship passed "Lille 

 Snenæs", where a depot of meat (a walrus) had been placed. When 

 Hagerup left the sledge to go towards the depot, he saw a white 

 wolf standing near it. At his arrival the wolf fled, uttering some 

 deep howls, and did not appear any more. 



At the observation house in "Pustervig" not far from Mørkefjorden 

 a wolf, the traces of which stood distinctly on the newfallen snow, 

 had paid a short visit during the night between October 10**^ and 

 11*^^. At a distance of 4 meters from the house the animal had 

 been sitting down on his haunches, following afterwards his own 

 traces in long jumps back across the steep mountain side. 



On October 26*b Lundager and Koefod found numerous traces 

 of wolves in the snow round the depot at Lille Snenæs. 



On October 24th 1907 — lat. 78"45' n. — between Lamberts 

 Land and the large island to the south of it. Dr. Lindhard saw 

 fresh traces of a wolf which had come up close to the tent (on the 

 ice), after which the animal had walked away in southward direc- 

 tion. 



May 18th 1907. Lat. 83°10' n. On a mountain plain 500 meter 

 high, Koch and Bertelsen saw fresh traces of a wolf. (Bertelsen 

 brought a drawing of the foot-prints home.) On the same plateau 

 numerous traces of musk-oxen were found. 



In a letter from Mylius-Erichsen, dated May 28'^ 1907, mention is 

 made of a wolf seen at Danmarks Fjord — lat. 81° n. long 22 — 25° w. 

 In vain the travellers shot at the wolf which proved very shy. (In 

 the same letter is a note about 21 musk-oxen having been shot at 

 Danmarks Fjord.) Probably it is the same white wolf which is 

 mentioned in the diary left by Brønlund, according to which the 

 wolf was seen on May 24'^. In company with two sledge dogs the 

 wolf stood eating some musk-ox meat left by the travelling party; 

 the animal was very shy and fled before Brønlund came within 

 shot of it. 



At the metereological station at Pustervig a dog which had 

 been staying some time at the station, suddenly disappeared (the 



