134 G. Amdrup. 



we drove right against our 3 returning comrades. They were suffer- 

 ing from constipation, Tobias also from snow-blindness, hut in good 

 spirits and full of energy: and now to-day they start ofi for the ship 

 which tliey will probably reach in about 3 or 4 weeks. A week later 

 or at the utmost a furtnight you may expect to see us. We now seek 

 t(j end the journey of our party by a 40 miles tour towards Cape Glacier. 

 We will then have established a connection with Pkary's point and 

 will return with satisfactory results. When we separated from Koch's 

 party on the Jst of May, we had only one sledge-case left and have 

 now for about 3 weeks been living exclusively on hare and musk-ox 

 meat, of which we boil a pot-full twice during the 24 hours, the one 

 time mixed with a packet (jf knorrski which makes the soup saltish 

 and a little more substantial. We have all 3 been in good health 

 and have not suffered from constipation, rather the I'everse, though 

 not troubled thereby in any way. 



Unfortunately, your dog-team has by mishap been considerably 

 reduced. But we shall make up for it later ! Hagen has lost 2 dogs 

 and Jørgen and I have each shot one for dog-food. Our travelling 

 is still fairly good. With another fortnight at our disposal (now it 

 is too late in the year) and 10 quarts of petroleum besides the 5 still 

 left, we should willingly have made more journeys in these attractive 

 regions . . . 



Hard days we have had, that cannot be denied, days full of hope 

 and bitter with deceptions, and the month we have still left will not 

 be the easiest — but we are all grateful for our work, the life and com- 

 radeship during the 3 months we have spent up here. We should 

 like to travel with Koch's party towards the south, but duty calls 

 us 2 or 3 days to the west, so we must separate again after 24 hours 

 never to be forgotten. 



Good-bye to you, dear Trolle, and to every one onboard, with 

 greetings and all good wishes, once more good-bye with the last sledge 

 post we can send — and then in a month we shall certainly meet. 



Yours sincerely 

 L. Mvlius-Erichsen. 



On the 2Sth of May at 7 p. m. Mylius-Ericmsicn, Hagen and 

 Brønlund drove west into Independence Sound with 3 sledges and 

 23 dogs and at the same time Koch, Bertelsen and Tobias left the 

 tent place and drove east. 



The provisions of the 2 parties, until Anulrujis Land was reached, 

 were as follows: 



' .Meat-extract. Note by Editor. 



