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from the depot at 80°43' (Amdrups Land). From Lamberts Land 

 the 2nd party should dri\'e due south along the group of islands. If 

 necessary Koch might visit the Nordre Depot, but if possible he should 

 avoid doing so as Mylius-Erichsen desired to remain in this part of the 

 Jokelbugt for some days. Of all the other depots Koch could take 

 half. During the return journey the 2nd party should take with them 

 as much as they could of the stone samples and fossils collected on 

 the journey northward, whereas Koch should 1еал'е all the Eskimo 

 things for the 1st party. 



During the northward journey Mylius-Erichsen had constantly 

 been writing letters for Trolle, containing an account of the journey 

 and of the discoveries made. Altogether there are 6 of these letters. 

 The last was brought home by Koch and has been written at Cape 

 Rigsdagen on the day when the 1st party drove westward and the 

 2nd eastward on the return journey. As this is the last communica- 

 tion from Mylius-Erichsen, the portions refering to the journey 

 may be quoted here. 



North Cape of N.E. Greenland, ca. 82°03' N. lat. 28th May 

 1907. 2 months after the departure from the ship. 

 Dear Trolle. 



With Koch and his comrades, whom we left on May 1st and met 

 last night at midnight quite by chance, I send you these lines in haste 

 in order personally to tell you the good news, of which Koch's party 

 vnW be able to give a more detailed report, that everything has gone 

 well \\'ith us all. In spite of illness, owing to an exclusive meat diet 

 for a long time, Koch's party succeeded in reaching Cape Bridgman, 

 and, what I consider a great triumph, in finding and bringing away 

 Peary's record. 



My party acting in the belief that we found ourselves in Peary 

 Channel has discovered and penetrated into the head of one of East 

 Greenland's largest fjords, which runs in south of the land where we 

 are at present and reaches the inland ice, for which the glacier behind 

 Academy Land forms the northern outlet. In here we shot 22 hares, 

 4 ptarmigan and 21 musk-oxen, found drift timber in the inner fjord 

 (at ca. 81° N. lat. and ca. 29° W. long.) and Eskimo ruins ! Shot at 

 a wolf at too long range, saw 2 snow-owls etc. and collected a con- 

 siderable number of samples from the sedimentary-like, imposing 

 rocks along the coast. 



unfortunately we had to drive about 80 miles - to get out of the 

 fjord again and north round this land, on the northern point of which 



• The letters have been lent by Lieutenant Trolle to the Editor. 

 ^ 148 kilometers. Measured from Cape Rigsdagen, however, the fjord is 

 over 200 kilometers long. 



