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would not, as I had the Captain's consent to prolong the journey 

 over the prescribed time, if it were possible, i.e. if we found game. 

 Braskerud said that if they came to look for us " we must put up 

 with it as long as they had some tobacco with them." As they 

 did not see us we shouted to them, and they came to us, whereupon 

 we encamped. 



Braskerud. 

 BAD WEATHER REFLECTIONS IN THE TENT. 



' When we met with the men from the " Fram," we had remain- 

 ing two tablets of lentils, twenty biscuits, a piece of pemmican, 

 coffee for twice, a quart of petroleum, and twenty-eight dog-rations ; 

 in spite of our having, at the last, eaten some of the dog-food. 



' As a rule, we generally had two to four dogs running loose, on a 

 minimum ration, and rewarded the others according to merit. Our 

 leading thought had always been to return on board with all our 



