136 G. Amdhui-. 



June 2nd. Stopped at 4.30 a. m. OHometor distance 41 kilo- 

 meters. Departure at 8 p. m. Drifting and falling snow. 



June 3rd. Raised the tent at 6.30 a. m. Odometer distance 02 

 kilometers. Departure at 9 ]). m. 



June 4th. At noon they passed the depot at 81 °30', which of 

 course was left untouched. South of Nordost Runding they had 

 some very heavy sledging; Koch, therefore, drove up on the inland 

 ice where the sledging was good and firm. Raised the tent on the 

 inland ice at 7 a. m. Odometer distance 64 kilometers. Departure 

 at 9.15 p. m. 



June ötfi. Hoping to meet some game, Koch again drove out 

 on the sea-ice; here there was a lot of water hut good sledging. Pitched 

 the tent at 7 a. m. Odometer distance 48 kilometers. Tobias went 

 hunting and shot 3 seals, and thus only had 1 % hours' sleep at this 

 place. Departure at 9.15 p. m. During the drive 1 seal, 1 hear and 

 1 walrus were shot. Took tlie hear and the first 3 seals along with 

 them and left behind them the walrus and the other seal. 



June (Uh. Raised the tent at 5.30 a. m. near the depot at 80°43' 

 (Amdrups Land). Odometer distance 29 kilometers. Repaired the 

 sledges: skinned the bear. Departure at 11.20 p. ni. 



June 7th. Drove back to the walrus and seal left behind. The 

 walrus was skinned and the hide and bones heaped up on the ice, so 

 that they could be seen at a long distance, and in a letter left by Koch 

 for .Mylius-Erichsen he wrote, that half a walrus would be deposited 

 near the Eskimo ruins at Sophus Midlers Naze. 



They now drove to the Eskimo ruins with about 600 kg. of wal- 

 rus meat and about 250 kg. were deposited in an old Eskimo meat- 

 pit. Here Koch wrote a letter to Mylius-Erichsen, part of which 

 may be quoteil. 



7th .Tunc. 9.15 a. m. 

 Dear Myluts-Erichsen. 



The depot here is at your disposal. There is walrus meat for 

 about 8 days. Further, we deposit at the Thostrup-We(;ener depofi 

 1 box of dog pemmican, 1 box of gi'ease and probably some bear meat 

 (perhaps 2 meals for 3 teams). In view of the planned journey to 

 Cape York it would perhaps be best to leave all the box dog-food at 

 the Thostrup-Wegener depot untouched now and as far as possible 

 avoid using the dog-food depots at 80°09' and 79°08', because it is 

 much more probable that next spring you can be sure of finding the 

 box food than e. g. walrus meat or bear meat. Further information 

 at the Thostrup-Wegener depot . . . 



At 11.45 a. m. tiiey reached the depot at 80^^43' on Amdrups 

 Land. Odometer distance 48 kilometers. 



> Tlie depot at. 8Ü°43' on Amdrups Land. 



