10 NEW LAND. 



sure that no harm is likely to happen, when one has a wound of 

 the sort, is to wash it continually with some disinfectant, such as 

 carbolic water. 



Fosheim suffered from his finger the whole of the summer, and 

 it was a great trouble to him, for he was quite unfit for work. 

 When a finger gets into the state that his did there is nothing to 

 be done but lance it time after time. Failure to do this will 

 cause the arm to swell and be painful for a long way up. But the 

 incision must be made to the very bone, or it will be of no use. 

 This is not a thing one feels very much inclined to do, but it is 

 absolutely necessary, as I have had opportunities of observing. 

 Simmons lanced Fosheim's finger several times without our 

 noticing any great improvement. Then, one day, I cut a long 

 gash in it down to the bone, and that was the last time it was 

 lanced. 



When Baumann and Schei arrived at Bjorneborg Fosheim was 

 still alone, and it was decided that all three should return the next 

 day. Their first camp was at Ytre Eide (Outer Isthmus), where 

 Baumann took some observations. 



The day afterwards they drove into Hvalrosfjord, took a line 

 across Indre Eide (Inner Isthmus), and camped at the head of the 

 fjord, near a river. The snow was soft and slushy, and also at 

 times deep and granular, making it difficult for the dogs to get 

 along. Baumann was again able to take observations in here. 



While Schei was gone on a geological excursion up the valley, 

 Fosheim and Baumann. in the afternoon, went shooting. They 

 killed two polar oxen from a herd which numbered half a score of 

 animals, and in addition to these shot a quantity of geese. They 

 had seen geese on their first day's march, probably the first of the 

 year, but this western fjord and valley were positively teeming 

 with them ; so the name of ' Gaasefjord ' is borne by the inlet 

 with every show of right. The teams were taken up to be fed 

 next day, with one sledge only, to the place where the oxen were 



lying- 



At six in the morning of June 12 Baumann and Fosheim 

 started north to Land's End, with one sledge and two teams. 

 Schei remained at the camp, where he had several things to do. 



