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with certainty by any former expedition. During the expedition 

 of Ryder, Hartz found an old cranium at Gaasefjord, the most 

 southern one of the inlets, issuing westward from Scoresby 

 Sund; thus this was the most southern point where remains of 

 the musk-ox were known, yet it was not seen alive on the 





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Fig. 4. 



(Drawn by E. Ditlevsen.) 



spot. — Bay writes (1. с 1 p. 18): "To the south of Cape Brewster 

 it was not seen» ; but Ryder writes (I.e. p. 116): «In one of these 

 islands that, as distinct from the others, is rather flat (probably 

 Manby Halvø) we saw by our telescope reindeer, and perhaps 

 musk-oxen». 



Though we stayed for some time, from the IS*^' till the 

 30*^ of August, 1900, South of Scoresby Sund, and were on 



