HEUREKA ! 



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The snow was terribly loose and heavy, and the sledges would 

 hardly run. We pushed on as best we could ; but then the land 

 began to trend suspiciously to the south, and at last we found 

 ourselves driving due south. We had no wish to continue in this 

 direction, so, as the fog was impenetrable, we thought it wisest to 

 camp and wait till we could see our surroundings. We pitched 

 the tent out by a point. Later in the evening we went a walk 



TWO HALF-YEAR-OLDS. 



ashore, and there saw the tracks of hares and horned cattle, but 

 not an animal of any sort. 



We remained weather-bound at this camp until May 12. 

 Walls of fog, one thicker than the other, came rolling up with the 

 wind, and the ice was impracticable. Everything to the west of 

 us was a closed book, and we were quite uncertain where we 

 ought to drive next. Had the ice been in any way negotiable, 



