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It is by a comparison of Payer's map, Jackson's map, 

 and my own observations that I have made out the 

 sketch - map reproduced on page 599. I have altered 

 Payer's and Jackson's map only at places where my ob- 

 servations differ essentially from theirs. I make no pre- 

 tence to give more than a provisional sketch ; I had not 

 even time to work out my own obser\'ations with abso- 

 lute accuracy. When this has been done, and if I can 

 gain access to all Payer's material, no doubt a consider- 

 ably more trustworthy map can be produced. The onlv 

 importance which I claim for the accompan3'-ing map 

 is that it shows roughl)^ how what we ha\'e hitherto 

 called Franz Josef Land is cut up into innumerable 

 small islands, without any continuous and extensive 

 mass of land. Much of Payer's map I found to coin- 

 cide well enough with our observations. But the enig- 

 ma over which we had pondered the whole winter still 

 remained unsolved. Where was Dove Glacier and the 

 whole northern part of Wilczek Land ? Where were 

 the islands which Payer had named Braun Island, Hoff- 

 mann Island, and P^reeden Island.^ The last might, 

 no doubt, be identified with the southernmost island 

 of Hvidtenland (White Land), but the others liad com- 

 pletely disappeared. I pondered for a long time over 

 the question how such a mistake could have crept 

 into a map by such a man as Payer — an experienced 

 topographer, whose maps, as a rule, bear the stamp of 

 great accuracy and care, and a polar tra\eller for 



