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Towards the eл^eving Mylius and I went hare-hunting, he got 2 and 

 I one besides 2 ptarmigans. As there was a strong wind with Ьеал'у 

 snow-fall, we had constantly to be closing our eyes. At last mine 

 became very painful. 



May 9th. Bad weather, drifting snow and wand from the sea. 

 As there could be no talk of hunting we had a quiet day. Our dogs 

 were badly in want of something to eat, but in order to economize 

 we did not feed them. 



May 10th. Again wind from the sea and heavy drifting snow. 

 Hagen and I went hare-hunting, but it was in vain, because we could 

 not see round about us. My comrade killed a ptarmigan (another 

 which he shot was eaten by a dog). This day we shot two dogs, one 

 of Mylius' and one of mine, in order to satisfy the hunger of the 

 others; they greedily ate them. 



To-morrow we follow the coast southwards in the hope of finding 

 some hares and musk-oxen. Our dog-food is only sufficient for 8 days 

 and we have begun to economize with our own provisions. This night 

 the dogs have been doing damage to the sledges, eating the harness 

 and Hagen's skin-boots. 



May 11th. 



May 12th. In the forenoon I went away hare-hunting. As I 

 began to climb a hill, I found tracks of hares and had no doubt about 

 good hunting; then I saw tracks of musk-oxen only a few days old, 

 so I thought no more about the hares. I now kept a sharp look-out 

 and a long way towards the west I sighted some black stones лvhicll 

 looked rather strange to me; on closer examination they proved right 

 enough to be musk-oxen. Holding one of my dogs, which had run 

 after me, in a leash I now approached them. As I could not hide 

 myself I steered right down on them; however they became frightened 

 and began to run away. Then I let the dog loose . . . 



When I returned late in the evening my comrades were most 

 agreeably surprised. After eating, they got ready and went off fol- 

 lowing my tracks with their dogs after them. 



May 13th. At noon they returned after cutting up (the shot 

 animalsj and depositing some of the meat, which the dogs were not 

 allowed to eat. When I had boiled the meat and eaten, I went away 

 in order to feed my dogs, which had not been with me the previous night. 



May 14th. My comrades climbed the hills, whilst I arranged 

 the cases with the small store of provisions yet remaining and cut 

 up the musk-oxen I had shot. Late in the evening they returned, 

 each with 2 hares. After having slept a little, 1 fetched the dogs which 

 were up at the place where 1 had met the musk-oxen and came back 

 in the forenoon (the loth) Ч 



' From Haoen's drawings (Tables V and VI) it is evident tliat on Ihis day 

 they found themselves in the neighbourhood of Gundersteddal. 



