484 FARTHEST NORTH 



'FRAM' on a red ground, 3 fathoms long, looked 

 splendid. Next came a dog- sledge, with the band 

 (Johansen with the accordion), and Mogstad, as coach- 

 man ; after them came the mate with rifles and har- 

 poons, Henriksen carrying a long harpoon ; then Amund- 

 sen and Nordahl, with a red banner. The doctor fol- 

 lowed, with a demonstration flag in favor of a normal 

 working-day. It consisted of a woollen jersey, with the 

 letters ' N. A.'* embroidered on the breast, and at the 

 top of a very long pole it looked most impressive. After 

 him followed our cJicf, Juell, with ' peik s ' t saucepan 

 on his back ; and then came the meteorologists, with a 

 curious apparatus, consisting of a large tin scutcheon, 

 across which was fastened a red band, with the letters 

 ' Al. St.,' signifying ' almindelig stemmeret,' or ' universal 

 suffrage.' \ 



"At last the procession began to move on. The dogs 

 marched demurely, as if they had never done anything 

 else in all their lives than walk in procession, and the 

 band played a magnificent festive march, not composed 

 for the occasion. The stately cortege marched twice 



*" Normal arbeidsdage" = normal working-day. 



t The pet name of the cooking-range in the galley. 



I Up to this day I am not quite clear as to what these emblems were 

 intended to signify. That the doctor, from want of practice, would 

 have been glad of a normal day's work ("normal Arbeidsdag") can 

 readily be explained, but why the meteorologists should cry out for 

 universal suffrage passes my comprehension. Did they want to over- 

 throw despotism } 



