216 BEAE UP FOR THE RENDEZVOUS. 



The ice has all been driven away again to the 

 north-east by the late gale, and we were nn- 

 willing to go north again so late in the season, 

 as the chances of bad weather are now con- 

 siderable. "We held a council of war, therefore, 

 and as it was clear we could do little more 

 with the walruses this season, we determined 

 to seek the " Ginevra " at the rendezvous of the 

 E;ussian huts, and to devote a few days to 

 reindeer stalking in the valleys up Stour 

 Piord. 



We reached the harbour at Hvalfiske Point 

 about 9 P.M. on the 23rd. 



