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May 4, to ' Kenkappet/ or ' Keindeer Cape.' Here the land was 

 less uniform, and in places sustained quite a rich vegetation. The 

 dogs galloped northward, for there were fresh reindeer-tracks going 

 in that direction. They did not stop before the tracks led straight 

 down a steep, hard -packed drift which was more than they would 

 attempt. Isachsen went on, and discovered two buck reindeer 

 fifty yards away, but before he could fetch his gun they had 

 disappeared. On the adjacent mountain wastes he came across 

 track upon track of reindeer. 



The most western and north-western parts of 'Isachsen Land ' 

 were also low, a land of sandbanks. On its west side the ice was 

 coarse and pressed up in wave-like, more or less parallel, ridges. 

 Violent upheaval must have taken place here, for ridges several 

 yards in height lay pressed right up on land. From Danske- 

 sundet up to ' Cape Isachsen ' it was evident that there had not 

 been open water for a long time. 



This was a hard time for the dogs. ' Indiana ' had a puppy 

 now and then as they were driving along. They stopped to make 

 an end of it, and then the train went on again, ' Indiana ' throwing 

 a long look behind her. ' Vesla ' had hers during a halt for the 

 night, but only one puppy was left in the morning ; the others had 

 most likely been feasted on. Between these two dogs there had 

 hitherto been great jealousy, but now ' Indiana ' treated ' Vesla ' 

 with tenderness, lay down across her, and did all she could for 

 her in every possible way. One of ' Indiana's ' most passionate 

 admirers was ' Truls,' a big fellow of 92 Ibs. All his approaches 

 were energetically repulsed by the fair one, and ' Truls,' who was 

 usually as phlegmatic as he was greedy, lost his appetite, and quite 

 broke down from the bitter qualms of jealousy. 



The land now began to trend east, and somewhat to the south. 

 On May 16 they camped out in the middle of 'Louises Fjord.' 

 Here the vegetation was meagre, and the only living things they 

 saw were a brace of ptarmigan. Seventeenth of May dawned with 

 brilliant weather, and was celebrated as festively as possible, with 

 speeches, cheers, and extra food for men and dogs. 



Along the coast here were numerous wolf-tracks, and on the 

 ice-foot now and again was the track of a hare. It was not easy 



