178 G. Amdhup. 



On November 29th the journey was continued southwards 

 along the land. At noon two more sledge-cases were deposited on 

 shore, and the party now steered for Shannon Island. In the after- 

 noon the tent was pitched a little north of the S.W. point of the is- 

 land. In the evening it began to blow and 



On November 30th a furious gale was raging which foi'ced the 

 party to remain in camp. 



On December 1st the wind abated, so that they were able 

 to continue the journey southwards to Cape Tramnitz and from there 

 they followed the land towards the south-east and east, thus reaching 

 a point which G. Thostrup in the darkness took for Cape Philip Broke, 

 where the depot was to be found. 



The 2nd of December was hazy with a strong wind. The day was 

 spent in looking for the depot, of which however no trace could be 

 found. On the other hand, they discovered out at the naze the re- 

 mains of a Greenland hut and a meat-pit. 



As the supply of provisions and dog-food had run short, however, 

 G. Thostrup considered it advisable to drive on to the depot on Bass 

 Rock the next day and to try again on the return journey to find the 

 depot at Cape Philip Broke. 



On the 3rd of December the weather was clear. When the party 

 now heading for Bass Rock had gone a short distance on the ice, they 

 observed low land to the east. It now dawned on G. Thostrup, that 

 his former tent-place had been Cape David Gray and that the land 

 seen towards the east was probably Cape Philip Broke. The journey 

 was continued however in the direction of Bass Rock: the sledging 

 was fairly good until they approached the island where they met with 

 screw-ice. In the course of the afternoon the depot was reached. Sev- 

 eral of the sledges had suffered damage and Weinschenck had had 

 the bad luck to wound his knee severely by a fall on the ice, while 

 Thostrup during the last days had a swollen leg without being able 

 to find any cause for it. It was a good thing, therefore, that they 

 reached the depot, where they could rest under comparatively good 

 conditions in one of the depot sheds. 



From the 4th to the 26th of December they stayed at the depot 

 which was thoroughly examined and everything counted. It was 

 difficult work, for the snow had drifted into the sheds, at some places 

 forming a frozen mass of snow, in which many of the cases were frozen 

 solid. By means of their comparatively primitive tools the cases 

 were one by one freed from the snow and drawn out. Some of the 

 cases had been piled up outside the sheds and sacks with coal placed 

 on them. It was still more difficult to move these cases. The weather 

 was generally stormy, often snowy and constantly hazy. At last on 

 the 10th of December the weather became clear and G. Thostrup 

 now found much open water about 1 kilometer towards the east. 



