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stones, slates etc.; at this time of the year the ground was 

 very dry and hard as stone. Musk-oxen had been walking here 

 lately, fresh dung was found, and 1 also found a place where 

 they had been lying. Westward the country was sloping down 

 towards Scoresby Sund, in soft undulating forms; the heather 

 strew a brownish tone of colour over the whole scenery, and 

 round about green fens were seen, continued by streaks along 

 the water-course. Here Master Høyberg met with 4 musk-oxen, 

 2 bulls and 2 cows , they were lying at a little fen ; he shot 

 the two bulls, the cows hurried away, I saw them at a little 

 distance, walking fast, one behind the other. — When skins, 

 skulls and meat were fetched later on in the night, a party of 

 14 animals with 2 calves were met with close by. The herd 

 was drawn up in array, and set out on the crew, but returned 

 hastily and disappeared; of this party a cow was killed (Høy- 

 berg). From that day the crew were very afraid of musk-oxen, 

 and would not go with us when not armed. The rest of the 

 partakers of the expedition, being on shore at the same time, 

 did not see a single musk-ox. 



On the same day (July 3P*) when we were on shore in 

 Jameson Land, numerous musk-oxen were seen from the ship 

 on the Liverpool Kyst near the beach. Mate Munck counted 

 parties of 7, 8 and 11 animals, and on the low point towards 

 Cape Hope a very large party of at least 21 animals were 

 walking. Captain Kjøller went ashore with some of the crew; 

 they met with a party with 2 calves. The herd took up a 

 position of assault, the calves being kept behind, but then they 

 ran away in a great hurry, crossing a country where one edged 

 stone was beside the other, and where men went on only with 

 difficulty; those, following the party, were obliged to give up 

 persecuting after a short time. 



At the very bottom of Hurry Inlet, where the ship was 

 lying from August P* till August 10*^, no musk-ox was seen, but 



