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NEW LAND. 



He had discovered their favourite haunts, up on the steep stony 

 ground under Kringsjaa, and now spent most of his time there 

 collecting with intense fervour. 



The object of the second expedition was, among other things, 

 to visit the big valley leading across from Nordfjord to the west 

 coast, and which, in some places, showed unusually rich vegetation. 

 Here Simmons and I were to go. 



Both the expeditions started at eight on the evening of Friday, 

 June 2. The looseness of the snow, from the high temperature, 



I. BAY FJORD, FARTHEST WEST. 



necessitated our driving during the night and resting by day, 

 an arrangement which we found eminently satisfactory. The 

 following morning we camped out on Alexandra Fjord. As the 

 day went on, it grew so warm in the tent that we were glad to lie 

 outside the sleeping-bags, almost without any clothing on. The 

 following night the two parties said good-bye to one another at 

 Ytteroen (Outer Island) ; our companions setting a course for 

 Knipetangen, while we continued across the fjord to Fort Juliana, 

 where we arrived about three o'clock in the morning. 



Here we found everything as it should be ; no evilly disposed 



