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NEW LAND. 



time ou bright ice, with small pools of water here aiid there. The 

 seal lay about, sunning themselves, all the way down the fjord, and 

 small herds of polar cattle were grazing not far off on land ; but of 

 meat we had enough. We exercised self-control, and would not 

 allow ourselves to be tempted to shoot anything, either ashore 

 or afloat. 



In the afternoon of May 31 we passed Grethasb'er, in Bay Fjord, 

 and camped at ' Hatoen ' (Hat Island), which was a splendid place 



A GOOSh' SHOOTER. 



for observations. Tent-rings and meat-cellars told of Eskimo visits 

 in former times. We both had a good deal to do here, and it was 

 late in the evening before we returned to camp. SSchei brought 

 back a leash of hares, which he had shot in the mountains. 



It blew so infamously that evening that many a time we 

 expected the tent to be blown to pieces over our heads. 



At half-past nine in the morning of Sunday, June 1, we took 

 a line across to Storoen. It was still blowing, but we did well, 

 as the snow had melted together. What most hindered our 

 progress were the large and many drifts, like short choppy 

 waves, which tried, though in vain, to stop our way. When we 



