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NEW LAND. 



when it had gone some distance that they set off after it, and all 

 three were soon lost to sight. The dogs then went a journey on 

 their own account, and it was they Fosheim and I met on our 

 way to Bjorneborg. The party were more fortunate at Land's End, 

 where they shot a harbour seal ; and on the way south when they 

 despatched two bearded seals. 



On May 10 they reached Land's End, where they took observa- 

 tions for latitude and longitude. It was here that according to 

 arrangement they were to leave an account and sketch-map of the 



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SCHEI RETURNS TO CAMP A MIGHTY HUNTER. 



pass across to Hvalrosfjord, and then return home. However, 

 they found no materials on the point with which to erect a cairn, 

 and they therefore built one inside the bay, a little north-east of 

 the point, and left our beautiful Norwegian flag waving from the 

 top of it. 



On May 12 they started south, in splendid weather, keeping 

 the route by which they had come. They passed Bjorneborg and 

 went into Baadsfjord, where they dug out the boat and lashed 

 it on to the 'water-sledge.' Being of oak, the boat was exceed- 

 ingly heavy, and made great demands on the strength both of the 

 sledge and the dogs. Stolz drove first with the baggage, and then 



