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from the other part which was higher, and by far more favourable 

 for scientific purpose. . Ten days of forced stay on a waste sea 

 cliff, in mostly bad weather, cannot possibly give anything but a 

 scanty result. 



As to the stay of the expedition in the district of Angmagsalik 

 it took place only in wintertime; this was a good opportunity of 

 studying the phenomena of wintering, but these studies must 

 necessarily imply a knowledge of both the vegetation and the 

 localities in summertime, a condition almost totally wanting. It is 

 true that I saw the setting in of spring, but it had hardly begun 

 луЬеп duty called me towards the north, and in all our journey 

 out we did nothing but follow close on spring till at last we 

 overtook winter itself. 



In our northernmost place (July 19*^) it was still perfectly 

 wintry. Our journey back towards the south brought some fine 

 midsummer days with a very good result, and during this period 

 (July ЗО^^ь to Aug. 11 ^^1) I made my best work ; but when we had 

 arrived home to the district of Angmagsalik, in relatively safe con- 

 ditions, the enormous tension produced by our struggle for life and 

 science relaxed. We had fulfilled our geographical tasks, and our 

 energy slackened, at the same time as our bodies reacted against 

 the overexertion caused by our life during the last months, and 

 several smaller complaints proved that the concentrated food, on 

 which we had lived, was well apt to preserve phycical strength in 

 times of very hard work, but that it did not agree with us under 

 ordinary circumstances. In short, our work only dragged on, and 

 when we arrived in our station, it was perfectly clear to me that 

 it would be impossible to give any valuable description of the flora 

 of the district of Angmagsalik. 



Even before our journey back, I had contemplated a biological- 

 floristical investigation of Angmagsalik which I should have preferred 

 to carry out at once by staying the next winter there. This was 

 however impossible, as I had no provision, no tools, no instruments, 

 and last not least, no permission to stay in the country. During 

 our journey home, I finished my scheme and applied with it to the 

 directors of the Carlsberg Fund who kindly accepted my scheme 

 and promised to leave the necessary means at my disposal. The 

 investigation was however not at once carried out, as I had to 

 partake in the following year (1900) of the expedition commanded by 

 Lieut. Amdrup to the district of Scoresby-Sound. This expedition 



