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Norwegian flag over the door outside, and ourselves in our usual 

 comfortable position with the bag for a mattress, 'privates' and 

 wolf-skin coats by way of cushions, and the 'Primus' singing 

 cheerfully between us, we felt a well-being which in the civilized 

 world one hardly knows the like of. Nor did we spare the in- 

 gredients of the different courses that day, however stingy we may 

 have been on other ones. It cut our good caterer to the heart 

 to see so much butter sacrificed to the clou of the entertainment 

 in the culinary line, a really delicious egg-powder ' dsenge.' Of 

 strong waters we had saved so much that we had enough in which 

 to drink a ' skaal ' for the Seventeenth of May, and ' gamle 

 Norge.' 



This feast was all very well, but the best was still to come. 

 Over and above the programme was an ' extra,' which, more than 

 anything else, served to make the day memorable. 



Just as we were sitting over our after-dinner tea, the dogs 

 suddenly set up their well-known melody, which never failed to 

 announce big game. I ran out of the tent, and sure enough there 

 were two wolves away towards land, about two hundred yards from 

 the camp. My gun, as always, was lying ready, with cartridges in 

 the magazine, and it was only the matter of a moment to seize it, 

 aim, and fire. Yes, there it fell, on the ice ! The other one made 

 off, and ran fifty yards away, but then turned round to look for its 

 companion and see what all the fuss was about. Its curiosity 

 cost it dear ; for by that time I was ready for another shot, and 

 when I fired this one fell too, hit just behind the shoulder. The 

 whole thing was the matter of a moment, and the mate's ' Bravo ! ' 

 was an audible expression of the satisfaction we both felt at this 

 lucky duplicate of wolves. They were two she-wolves in very 

 much better condition than beasts of prey usually are, with the 

 exception of bears. The fat really looked so white and good, that 

 we felt inclined to taste it, and if we did that, we thought we might 

 as well try the hearts at the same time. Although most people will 

 consider this a dish more extraordinary than appetizing, I think 

 prejudice plays a large part here; we, at any rate, found it far 

 better than we expected. 



We were not detained by surveying work on the way back, 



