114 G. A.MDRUP. 



April 6th. After a depot had been made on the ice and the sledges 

 repaired, the journey was continued toAvards the east point of Lam- 

 berts Land. Now and then they met with large screw-ridges and 

 cracks in the ice. For a couple of hours, for example, they drove 

 along a glacier fissure, which was 50 meters broad. 



The tents were raised after 35 kilometers had been traversed 

 according to the odometer. 



April 7t.h. The tidal screwings in the floating inland ice were 

 found extremely troublesome. Koch's team of dogs had earlier fallen 

 into a fissure, but remained hanging in the traces. Not to lose the 

 dogs the harness was bound together over their backs, so that they 

 could nut slip out. This arî'angement proved successful. The dogs 

 often fell into holes, but none were lost. 



This combination of ice ridges and snow-covered fissures gave 

 plenty of variety but raused nu end of trouble. After travelling 14 

 kilometers the tents were raised. 



RiXG held a gathering that day on the occasion of his birthday. 

 We were all 10 tugether in (j. Thostrup's tent, where coffee and cognac 

 were served. The strange conditions, both inside the tent and uut- 

 side, the strong comradeship wiuih bound the men to one another, 

 made the festivities something quite unique. The elated and home- 

 like feeling culminated, when the quartette sang: "Jyden han er stærk 

 og sej" and Franzén's masterly drinking song: "Når skämtet tar ordet 

 vid vänskapens bord". Its refrain: "En blomma är gladjen, i dag 

 slår hon ut, i morgen da vissner hon redan; just nu, når du kan, haf 

 et gladligt minut og tank på det kommande sedan", suited all too 

 well the uncertainties of the sledge journey. 



On April 8th Mylius-Erichsen returned with 6 sledges to the 

 tenting place, whilst Koch with 4 sledges drove northward. 



April 10th. When Mylius-Erichsen on 10/IV at noon again 

 reached the tenting place of 8/IV, he found a letter from Koch, re- 

 porting that lie had reached the east point of Lamberts Land on 8/IV 

 after 40 kilometers' travelling: on 9/IV he had returned to the tenting 

 place of 8 I\' and on 10/IV again drove on to Lamberts Land vni\\ 

 full load. Mylius-Erichsen at once went on and reached the east 

 point of Lamberts Land almost at midnight, a couple of hours after 

 KocH. 



On April 11th a rest was taken. Brønlund and Tobias went 

 hunting after musk-ox, followed by Bertelsen. They journeyed 

 in over the land to the westernnidst of the two small fjords which 

 cut into Lamberts Land from the north. Here Bertelsen turned 

 back, whilst the two Greenlanders continued over the fjord to the 

 land west uf this. In the evening they returned; they had only shot 

 a couple of hares. 



A depot was made on the east point of Lamberts Land (Brøn- 



