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on account of a belt of ice which was still lying along the shore. In 

 the end, however, we found one on a point of land where the ice- 

 margin was not particularly broad. We dredged again here, with fairly 

 good results. 



Early on the morning of July 10 we started to row on, went up, in 

 passing, behind an enormous pressure-ridge close on Land's End, and 

 then rowed along the shore, until a couple of miles farther on we met 

 the edge of the ice. Here, in a little bay, we found a capital harbour 

 for the boat and a first-rate camping-ground for ourselves. The next 



REFLECTION. 



thing was a good sleep after the disquiet of the last few days, but the 

 heat still rendered this difficult, not the less so that our time of rest had 

 fallen in the middle of the day. 



Bay and Isachsen left in the evening to go overland to winter 

 quarters ; the former to remain on board, the latter to fetch a theodolite 

 and some provisions which were beginning to be necessary on account 

 of our prolonged absence. 



Isachsen arrived back on the morning of July 12. In the mean 

 time Peder Hendriksen and I occupied ourselves with dredging and 

 shooting. The results of the former were good, as on a shoal outside 

 the bay we found what for Ellesmere Land was a comparatively large 



