SUMMER JOURNEYS AND FERTILITY. 21 



If ever a dog deserved the name of ' Silla ' (the Herring), it was 

 this one. 



On July 15 Bay, Simmons, and Isachsen came back from their 

 trip to Moskusfjord. The going had been slushy the whole way, 

 especially on the return journey. They would all have liked to 

 prolong their trip as far as Gaasefjord, but the ice westward began 

 to be so bad that they thought it would be unwise, and therefore 

 contented themselves by driving into Moskusfjord. I, for my part, 

 think they might expect just as good results here as in Gaase 



Fosheim. Baumann. 



AT THE HEAD OF GAASKFJOliD. 



fjord, and am of opinion that they did right to confine their trip to 

 Moskusfjord. When they entered this fjord they found that there 

 were already large lanes outside the mouths of the rivers, but this 

 was hardly surprising, as the volume of water entering the fjord 

 in this manner was considerable, especially from the river in 

 the main valley ; besides which the rivers were in flood. They 

 camped south of the most western of the rivers issuing at the head 

 of the fjord. It was so swollen that it was impossible to cross it. 

 Suddenly they caught sight of three polar oxen grazing on the 



