SHERARD OSBORNE FJORD 



tains far away to the north-east, but even from the point on which 

 we were now standing, it was obvious that the land would not 

 stretch far in ; for the back of the inland-ice shot up all-embracing 

 over the tracts where we had expected land-hunting. 



The only place left to us was the big peninsula between Vic- 

 toria Fjord and Sherard Osborne Fjord, but even this did not 

 seem promising. Although occasional, even stretches with low 

 knolls exist here — a landscape much favoured by musk-oxen — 

 many little local glaciers shot in between them, killing all life. 



Our hunt over the surrounding neighbourhood resulted in a 

 bag of two hares, one of which we cooked before, disappointed 

 and tired, we started the long return journey to our comrades, 

 whom with unwilling and weary dogs we reached after an 

 absence of twenty-four hours. 



On our arrival Koch came running out of the tent, and his 

 gestures showed us at once that he had good news. Ajako and 

 Wulff had shot six musk-oxen, and all the three sledges had 

 gone out to fetch the animals ! 



Great joy ! 



Towards morning — it was one of the first really warm days — 

 the sledges returned with barking, overeaten dogs. Inukitsoq 

 had, during his hunt for hares, met a flock of ten animals right 

 opposite to the six which had already been shot, and which they 

 had come to fetch, and the hunt of the day thus brought in 

 sixteen musk-oxen. 



Still greater joy ! 



At eight o'clock in the evening Koch and Inukitsoq drove 

 in Victoria Fjord for the purpose of charting it. 



DAYS OF REST AND FATTENING 



May 12th-17th. — The welcome meat which we have now 

 collected makes it possible for us to give the dogs the rest which 

 they so richly deserve. They will now be allowed to laze about 

 for a week or so, and to eat as much as they can get down ; then 

 they will once more be fit to take up the work which for the 



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