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At exactly 12 o'clock the official salute of the Seventeenth 

 May was fired from our big bow guns. Then came a splendid 

 banquet ; the doctor had contributed a bottle of aqua vita;, 

 and every man had a bottle of genuine Crown Malt Extract, 

 from the " Royal Brewery " in Copenhagen. 



When the roast was served Scott-Hansen proposed the health 

 of our dear ones at home and of our two absent comrades, who 

 he hoped might achieve the task they had set themselves and 

 return home safely. This toast was accompanied by a salute of 

 two guns. 



At 4 P.M. a great popular festival was held on the ice. The 

 place was prettily decorated with flags and other emblems, and 

 the programme offered a rich variety of entertainments. There 

 was rope -dancing, gymnastics, shooting at running hares, and 

 many other items. The public were in a highly festive mood 

 throughout, and vigorously applauded the artists in all their per- 

 formances. After a supper which was not far behind the dinner 

 in excellence we gathered at night in the saloon around a steam- 

 ing bowl of punch. The doctor, amid loud applause, proposed 

 the health of the organizing committee, and I proposed the Frani. 

 After this we kept it up in the merriest and most cordial spirit un- 

 til far into the night. 



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