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In the days August б*'' — August 9*^", Ditlevsen and the author 

 together with two of the crew, Christian and Laurits, were at 

 Point Constable on the west side of Hurry Inlet. Immediately 

 in the morning of the 7*^ of August, Ditlevsen went to the 

 large river beds from which the sandy downs where we had 

 pitched our tent have heen swept out into Hurry Inlet. He 

 had scarcely got up there when two young bulls , walking 

 together, came down towards him. A little time after, a very 

 large herd came forth from the river bed that is turning to the 

 South. The animals walking among each other, and now appearing, 

 now disappearing , he was not able to count them exactly, 

 but there were at least 20 adult animals in the party; whether 

 there were calves he did not see, as the two young bulls grew 

 rather forward, and he therefore retired. Soon after, he and 1 

 went up there, but then the large herd had disappeared, and 

 we saw nothing more of it. Now we walked together to the 

 west slope of the riverbed; here was a very rich vegetation ol 

 heather, bleaberry, willow, dwarf-birch; in several places were 

 small boggy fens. Here we met with the two bulls; standing, 

 as they did, their mighty heads turned against us, their noses 

 against the earth, staring at us with their small sticking eyes, 

 they looked exceedingly imposing. First we killed one bull, 

 later the other, but he had come near the river bed which 

 was here very steep, and falling, hit by the ball in his 

 heart, he made a high jump, fell down and rolled with 

 crash and crach at a furious pace down into the river, far 

 below. Farther to the South we now saw a party of 1 1 animals 

 with two calves, they being at a great distance from us we 

 returned. Meat and skull of the killed bull was secured. In 

 his liver was found a tape-worm in the bladder phase. On the 

 return we again met with a single bull that ran away. During 

 the expedition we found the skull of a musk-ox together with 

 some parts of a skeleton, besides the skull of a calf, all things 

 very much gnawed off, and the horns of the skull were quite 



