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raised a tent out at Maroussia from the 20th to the 27th of October 

 and LuNDAGEK and Koefoed another at Snenæs from the 20th to 

 the 26th in order to hunt. Neither of the parties obtained any game. 



On the 25th of October Freuchen, Jarner and Weinschenck 

 started for the station in Pustervig in order to set up the instruments 

 and begin the observations on the 1st of November. 



On the 28th Bistrup returned from the survey expedition, for- 

 tunately with a bear and its cub, which were shot on the way. 



In the days that now followed one journey after another was 

 made to the meteorological station with proA^sions and material (see 

 list of the journeys made from the station in Danmarks Налш). 



On the 2nd of November, when the dark period had just set in, 

 the l.st party of the relief expedition Tobias Gabrielsen, Lindhard 

 and G. Thostrup returned (see p. 170). An oppressive feeling of hope- 

 lessness seized all onboard. The open water which had barred the 

 way for the relief expedition and prevented it from advancing further 

 northwards had perhaps also stopped Mylius-Erichsen and his com- 

 rades on their way southwards, if on the whole they were still alive, 

 which most doubted as time went on. 



On account of the small supply of dog-food it became necessary, 

 now that all the dogs were again together at the station, to kill some 

 of them. In the following days 9 dogs were shot. 



The same day that the rehef party returned, Bertelsen, Koch, 

 Chr. Bendix Thostrup and Wegener started for Pustervig in order 

 to make a survey of the creek and to carry out meteorological inves- 

 tigations. They returned on the 10th of November with good results. 



During the return journey the 1st party of the relief expedition 

 had been forced to use much of the dog-food placed in the depots. 

 In a letter left by G. Thostrup in the depot on Lamberts Land for 

 Mylius-Erichsen, he had written that immediately after his return 

 he would ask Trolle to see that new supplies of dog food were trans- 

 ported to the depots in the north. 



For this purpose Trolle sent out another expedition, which 

 was naturally at the same time to serve as relief expedition. 



Sledge journey northwards to lay out depots, 



"/ii to 2ä/„, 1907. 



The members of this expedition were Hagerup, Koefoed and 

 Hendrik Olsen. Koefoed was the leader and the plan was to de- 

 posit 1 box of dog pemmican at Cape Marie Valdemar, 1 box at Hagens 

 Island and 2 boxes and one sledge-case at Nordre Depot. 



On November 13th at 10 a. m. the party started with 3 sledges. 



On November 14th at .3..80 p. m. they arriл'ed at Cape Marie 

 Valdemar. Temperature — 26' С 



