170 G. Аыошр. 



On October 18th the return journey was commenced. It 

 became a repetition of the trials on the journey out and the return 

 journey of the 2nd party, for which reason it need only be given here 

 in broad lines. Drove 34 kilometers and raised the tent. 



On October 19th Bagatellerne reached. Distance covered 

 34 kilometers. 



On October 22nd they arrived at the depot on Lamberts 

 Land after having covered during the preceding days 16 and 27 kilo- 

 meters respectively. The dogs were exhausted and two of them had 

 to be carried on the sledges, if they did not want to loose them. They 

 were all now so emaciated, that they ate their own excrement in (irder 

 to get something in the stomach. 



On October 27th the party reached Nordre Depot where 

 they found it necessary to make a halt, in order to get some dog food, 

 of which they had none left. The dogs became more and more ex- 

 hausted and were now only moving at a walking pace. On the 26th 

 one of them broke down, it was placed on the sledge but died two 

 hours later; the wonderful endurance of the Greenland dogs is shown 

 by this example. They had to shoot another on the same day; it 

 was quite worn out. The distances covered during the past days 

 were, on the 23rd 28, the 24th 20 and on the 2ôth 24 kilometers. After 

 taking 1 box of dog-pemmican, some provisions and petroleum from 

 the depot the party droл'e on in the direction uf Hagens Island. 



On October 28th they reached Hagens Island after having covered 

 30 kilometers in 8 hours. 



On October 29th 35 kilometers were covered in 8 hours. 



On October 30th they went southwards along Amélie Land 

 and drove out over the bay, heading for Gape .Marie Л'аШегааг. Also 

 on this day a dog broke down. 



On October 31st they passed Cape Marie Valdemar. 



On Л'о{'етЬег 2nd at 4 p. m. the ship was reacheil after 

 42 days' absence. Off Syttenkilometernæsset a bear was shot. 



From the foregoing, detailed report it vÅ\\ be seen that the relief 

 expedition had been carried out луЦЬ the same undaunted energy 

 that characterized all the operations of the Danmark Expedition. 

 That it did not reach so far as desired was only due to the bad sledging 

 during the greater part of the journey. 



In spite of the fact that all the six men were practised sledge- 

 drivers, that the land was now better known and more experience 

 had been gained in every direction and that during the journey out 

 they had practically no resting day, the journey occupied much 

 more time than the great sledge-journey towards the north in the 

 spring of 1907. On the arrival at Mallemukfjæld the party had con- 



