A RUNIC MEMORIAL 



receptive to impressions the tottering and exhausted wanderer's 

 sense of observation. With fingers stiff with cold he had noted 

 down up to the very last day everything of botanical interest, 

 and when he himself could write no more he dictated before 

 Koch's departure a short resume of the vegetation in the district 

 which witnessed his last hopeless fight for life. 



It is written as an addition to his diary notes and is as follows : 



" All the plant localities here mentioned lie on N. Lat. 79° 

 between Cape Agassiz and 15 to 20 kilometres to the west of it. 

 Vegetation has been unusually rich and vigorous, quite a dif- 

 ferent and luxurious type to the one of the north coast of 

 Greenland. Several of the varieties have surely their northern 

 border here. I have not seen sign of them farther north. A 

 careful examination of the vegetation between Cape Agassiz 

 and Etah from July to the first part of August is sure to give 

 very good botanical results. In my exhausted condition I can 

 do nothing further." 



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There is no call for commentary. In the manner in which 

 Wulff departed from life he himself wrote his simple and brief 

 epitaph, which, together with his excellent botanical work, will 

 preserve his name as long as an interest in the solution of 

 scientific problems exists. In deep sorrow we will lower the 

 flag for this Swedish explorer who found his death on the white 

 field of honour, working until he fell. 



HAKRIGAN'S REPORT 



The following report which Harrigan gave after his arrival 

 at Etah, and which I wrote down immediately from his dicta- 

 tion, is given as a supplement to Koch's report : 



" On the day when Wulff gave up and sought a place where 

 he could lie down to die, we were all exhausted and weary. We 

 were very thin and suffered from anaemia. This was plainly 

 visible from our veins, which almost disappeared, and made 

 itself felt by sensations of giddiness ; further, we had difficulty 

 in keeping warm, especially our hands and feet. 



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