A MERRY CHRISTMAS AXD A HAPPY NEW YEAR. 315 



some wind at this time, and the clouds scudded so rapidly across 

 the sky westwards, that although we did not feel it in our harbour, 

 we knew there must be a gale raging outside in Jones Sound. 

 After this wind the snow became unusually hard and good, and it 

 was like travelling over flat ice wherever we went. 



BAY HARE-SHOOTING TX HAVNEFJORD. 



On the 23rd a reconnoitring party was to start westward. A 

 few days before they left, the weather changed for the worse ; 

 there was a fall of snow, and the going became loose and bad. 

 The temperature sank very much the last day or two, and when 

 they started, the thermometer read at least forty degrees below 

 zero. 



