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NEW LAND. 



My thoughts fixed involuntarily on Peary ; he and no other 

 could we expect to meet in these latitudes. He came driving 

 along by our track, straight towards us, and I went down to the fjord 

 to meet him. When we met, he asked if I was Captain Sverdrup, 

 which I answered in the affirmative, and we then shook hands 

 and walked together up to the tent, where I introduced Bay to 

 him. I asked him to have some coffee with us, but he refused, 



BAUMANN. 



saying that his tent was not more than two hours' drive from 

 here, and that he was going home to dinner. He had passed Cape 

 Sabine on August 13, and two days later had been beset off Cape 

 Hawks, where his ship now was, about a mile from land and 

 entirely surrounded by the pack. He had seen that Eobeson 

 Channel was full of old polar ice. After staying for a few 

 minutes, he said good-bye to Bay, who had been grinding coffee 



