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each other, was received with great curiosity, and the natives 

 wanted to know what it was supposed to represent. We gave 

 them also some songs, let the phonograph play for them, and 

 gave them a big feast, but had at last to ask them to go, as they 

 apparently intended to make a night out of it. 



As time went on, the natives left us again and scattered 







THREE MEN AND TWO WOMEN DANCING. 



along the coast in order to collect eggs and shoot ducks and 

 geese. Now and then some of them would come down to us 

 with birds, in exchange for which they wanted little articles of 

 luxury, such as sugar, tea, etc. 



We had a party out hunting, Dr. Howe and Storkersen, and 

 they brought us about 250 eider ducks, but no eggs, as they did 

 not find so many as we expected. 



For a long time after our return from the sledge trip we had 

 no sickness among the dogs, but " Mack " fell ill on June 17 

 and died on the igth. It was the same illness from which the 

 other dogs had suffered, and I was afraid it was going to kill 

 several more dogs. We do not understand what it is, but 

 one thing is clear, that it is an infectious disease, and that 

 when a dog has been bitten by a sick comrade he will get it 



quickly. 



I was spending a very dreary time, as I had some writing 



