CHAPTER VII 

 CAPE SALOR TO LOCKWOOD'S REACON 



OUR MEETING WITH DR. WULFFS PARTY 



JUNE I6TH-17TH. — We now press forward in order to 

 overtake our comrades as soon as possible. We have no 

 time to wait for the coolness of the afternoon, but set off 

 in the sun-warmth of i>.30 on fair ice. The dogs have benefited 

 from the rest and the fat seal meat ; with the light sledges they 

 go a good pace if one of us will only walk in front ; and so that 

 we may make as much as possible of our opportunity, we decide 

 to try another day's journey of at least 40 kilometres. 



After two hours we pass Cape Emory, which juts out in a 

 comparatively low headland with a cleft rich in vegetation, 

 where Ajako shoots a hare and catches a litter of young ones. 

 The surrounding country is an impressive alpine landscape 

 which, snow-covered, precipitous, and with jagged pinnacles, 

 trends in to a narrow fjord. 



In a little bay a few kilometres from Cape Neumcyer, we 

 suddenly spy two sledges ; we start with amazement and almost 

 lose our breath with excitement when we discover that it is our 

 comrades, who, with a much reduced team of dogs, slowly, 

 very slowly, work their way towards us. Wulff and Harrigan 

 walk in front, whilst Hendrik and Bosun trail behind with the 

 sad remainders of the three teams. We put on extra speed 

 and it does not take many minutes before we meet. It is 

 obvious from their thin, worn faces that they must have had a 

 hard time since last we saw them. 



They have hunted in vain for sixteen days, and during this 

 long period they have had to feed exclusively on dog. They 



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