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Kolintschen Island. Dog Team Swimming a I,ead of Water Between Ice and the 

 Beach with a I,oad of Driitwood Fetched from the Mainland 



collecting-field and therefore planned excursions to the hills about ten miles: 

 southwest of my present camp. The weather for a long time prevented any 

 outings of that kind. For more than a week an easterly gale was blow- 

 ing, accompanied with rain and a fog so thick that I was compelled to stick 

 close to my tent most of this time. But at last, the 24th of July, to my de- 

 light the sun shone bright and warm and I left in the early morning, with 

 provisions to last me a couple of days, on my long planned trip. 



After a tiresome march through swamps and wet marshes I at last 

 reached the hills and had just ascended the first little plateau when I sud- 



Native Skin Boats at Whalen (North of East Cape) 



