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numbers in Milne's Land and Rypefjord, and singly in Dan- 

 marks 0. 



Some reindeer were seen on August 13, 1892 in one of 

 the «Islands» to the South of Scoresby Sund, probably Manby 

 Halvø. It was found in parties of 4 — 7 or singly (Bay), 

 and in several places paths were found, made by the reindeer. 

 In winter they seemed to migrate outward from the inner part 

 of the inlet, to places more free from snow. Nathorst (1. с, p. 

 329) found reindeer in 1899 in the following places: Franz 

 Joseph's Fjord (25 or 26) , King Oscar's Fjord (2 and a calf), 

 Renbukten (12), and finally in Hurry Inlet a httle to the North 

 of the bottom (2), in all Kttle more than 40. During the whole 

 of the time we were staying at the coast, not a single reindeer 

 was seen, and Kolthoff who visited the coast northward the 

 same year as we, did not see any one either. This appeared 

 strange, especially to the partakers who had also been partakers 

 in Ryder's expedition (Hartz and Deichmann) , for then the 

 reindeer was very common, as mentioned, in Jameson Land, 

 and while going along the south-coast of Jameson Land to 

 Nordostbugt, this extraordinary fact was very much discussed. 

 Was it really so that the wolf had extirpated the reindeer by 

 its fierce hunting during a dozen years, or had perhaps the 

 musk-ox that now appears in such great numbers in these 

 regions expelled it? Perhaps both of them have assisted here. 



Nathorst (1. с, p. 352) saw in Kierulfs 0, many places 

 where reindeer had been killed by wolves; hoofs, skeleton parts, 

 hairs etc. were lying about; the wolves' excrements I have seen, 

 always contained reindeer-hairs and fragments of bones, so there is 

 no doubt that the animal, most chased by the wolf, is the reindeer. 

 Another question is whether the wolf may really be able to 

 eradicate it completely. This is scarcely probable, for many 

 other places are known, where the polar wolf and the reindeer 

 live, and have lived together for long times. The reindeer, seen 

 by the Germans, were little afraid; it happened on their going 



