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and among other things brought back some hares. After supper 

 we went a walk together. Almost the whole of the plain north- 

 westward was covered with vegetation, especially in the hollows, 

 and was evidently good ground for big game and ptarmigan. I 

 brought a brace of the latter back to camp. 



We took observations both evening and morning, and then in 

 brilliant weather broke our last camp in Axel Heiberg Land, and 

 laid the course for the northern part of Bjornekaplandet.* But we 

 were hardly clear of Hyperitodden before a strong wind from the 

 north sprang up. Ulvefjord and Heureka Sound were smoking. 

 On the whole, however, the going was good, and we made rapid 

 progress. 



Later on, as we were jolting along on our way, we suddenly 

 saw a bear luffing up towards us, but no sooner did it wind us 

 than it disappeared in a hurry. 



r -- * The custom is common in Norway of naming a district after its most prominent 

 feature by adding to the name the word ' laiidet.' This, in such cases, means not so 

 much ' laud' as the ' country round ' the place in question. 



