216 BEAU UP FOR THE RENDEZVOUS. 



The ice has all been driven away again to the 

 north-east by the late gale, and we were un 

 willing to go north again so late in the season, 

 as the chances of bad weather are now con 

 siderable. We held a council of war, therefore, 

 and as it was clear we could do little more 

 with the walruses this season, we determined 

 to seek the &quot; Ginevra &quot; at the rendezvous of the 

 Russian huts, and to devote a few days to 

 reindeer stalking in the valleys up Stour 

 Fiord. 



We reached the harbour at Hvalfiske Point 

 about 9 P.M. on the 23rd. 



