1 1 2 G. Amdrup. 



ficult to stand in the strong, opposing wind and one of Mvlius-Erich- 

 sen's dogs especially was quite useless. 



After a march of 20 kilometers the tents were raised about 5 

 kilometers north of the depot. 



Tobias utilised the long halt at the tenting place to make a .short 

 limiting tour, but only got 2 ptarmigan. When he returned he showed 

 the poor result to Brønlund and remarked dolefully, "I must shoot 

 a lot to get enough to eat". He referred here to the fact, that Koch 

 had adready placed his party on rations from the first day, and these 

 were thus somewhat restricted. 



On this day again almost all were driving with skis under the 

 sledges. The Greenlanders found this advantageous naturally, but 

 for the others it was probably not such a good plan, as they were 

 still far from possessing the control over their teams and sledges, which 

 is required to prevent the skis getting damaged. The Greenlanders 

 made a layer of ice on their sledge skis in the well-known manner, 

 by means of urine. The ice-layer thus formed on the skis helped them 

 to a very great extent. 



It was a long and tiring march of about 50 kilometers. Mylius- 

 Erichsen, whose load was always greater than any other's, seemed 

 untiring. He ran extremely well, kilometer after kilometer. Now 

 and then he took a rest on his sledge for a couple of minutes and then 

 he was on his legs again. He had a bad foot, which certainly bothered 

 him a good deal; the others could see, that his one foot dragged. He 

 also had a couple of difficult dogs, which caused him no little trouble. 



The tents were raised at Hagens Island. Koch, who desired to 

 make a time determination before the sun disappeared behind a hill, 

 was obliged to hasten. His lingers were so frozen (temp. — 32" C), 

 however, he could not set up the instrument. He gulped down a 

 glass of cognac. This helped at once and the obsei'vation was suc- 

 cessful. 



April Ist. Early in the morning Bertelsen stuck his head into 

 Mylius-Erichsen's tent with the surprising news, that sledges were 

 arriving from the north. Mylius-Erichsen rushed out of his tent 

 and Brønlund, who was still in his sleeping bag, jumped quickly 

 into his kamikker. April fool ! 



This was also a bad day; the screw-ice in Jøkelbugt especially 

 made the travelling very difficult. Several men had to work at the 

 sledges as well as the dogs to get them through. 



In the evening the tents Avere raised at Nordre Depot Island. 

 Bertelsen and Koch went up onto the island to take an observation. 

 Just as they were ready, Bronlund came up and reported, that half 

 of Bertelsen's sleeping bag had been eaten by the dogs. Bertelsen 

 was greatly put out and hastened down to the tent to investigate 

 the extent of his misfortune. Again April fool ! 



