128 G. Amdrip. 



Tented in the evening on the north side of Fr. Hyde Fjord, about 

 30 kilometers up the fjord; odometer distance 48 kilometers. 



May 17th. Departure at 8 a. m. Drove across the fjord lo the 

 south side and tented here at 10.30 a. m. — Bertelsen and Koch 

 sick (tiredness, repulsion to food, pains, giddiness, sore gums, general 

 loss of energy). Tobias went hunting, but was not fortunate. Pro- 

 visions and dogs' food for 2 to 2% days. Petroleum almost used up; 

 for several days the party had practically been living on raw meat, 

 as they had only enough to thaw and warm the meat, but not to cook 

 it. — Unfortunately, the dogs had gnawed all the fat from the meat; 

 fat stuffs were greatly needed and this was probably the cause of the 

 sickness. There were no means available to put an end tu the cost- 

 iveness; salt water could not be got, as all the ice was fresh. 



May 18th. Bertelsen and Koch climbed a hill, 550 m. When 

 about to set out again, Bertelsen's team found to have only 3 dogs. 

 Tobias went out to search for the dogs. 



May 19th. Tobias returned some hours afterwards with the 

 news, that the dogs had been hunting musk-ox and had pursued an 

 ox over a steep precipice by the fjord 500 m. high. They were pro- 

 bably all dead. Koch at once started off — 3.30 a. m. — and drove 

 along below the precipice, where he found the dead musk-ox and 1 

 living, unhurt dog. Koch resolved to wait one more day for the 5 

 missing dogs. Tented under the precipice at 4.30 a. m. 



In the evening Tobias drove back to the former tenting place 

 to look for the dogs; they were not to be found. The precipice could 

 not be investigated; it was inaccessible. Probably the 5 dogs were 

 killed, like the musk-ox, but remained hanging on the cliff. 



May 20th. At 12.15 a. m. the party set out witli 20 dogs. Strong 

 Avind from N. W. with snowdrift. Tented 9 a. m. on the north side 

 of Schley Fjord; odometer distance 54 kilometers. 



May 21st. Fog. Passed Peary's cairn and added the following 

 note to the earlier report. 



■■May 21st 1907, a. m. 



Reached Cape Bridgmann; stayed 3 days in the Hyde Fj.; lost 



here 5 dogs going down over a precipice in pursuit of a musk-ox. We 



are now going southward to Academy Land, 3 men, 3 sledges and 



20 dogs. Bertelsen and I suffer from not being able to digest the 



musk-oxen meat; for several days we have had almost no other food. 



1 think we shall be allright again, when we 23rd shall reach our depot 



at 82°30'. T D i^ 



J. P. Koch . 



Pitched the tent on the northern side of Herlufsholm Strand at 

 1.50 p. m. In spite of extreme economy Koch's petroleum ran short 

 here. 



