204 G. Amdrup. 



fuel the piece of wood found a few days ago. On the way towards 

 the land we saw a seal on the ice. 



May 24th. The weather was very beaut iliil. When our dogs 

 had gorged themselves we had a long rest to let them digest their 

 food. 1 caught sight of a wolf about to eat the rest of the musk-oxen 

 meat, together with tлvo of the dogs. It was very wild, so I could 

 not get near it. On the way back I stood on the watch near the breath- 

 ing hole of a seal but did not see it. Though neither the sea nor 

 the land-ice had thawed, I amused myself by drinking from a puddle 

 near the breathing hole. It tasted a little saltish. 



May 27th. At noon we met our comrades (Koch's expedition) '. 



May 28th. We proceeded into a fjord (Independence Bay). The 

 weather was cloudy and it looked like mild weather: we only made 

 small progress -. 



May Wth. The weather had become calm. From the (jther 

 fjord there came a slight wind which we had on our backs; it had be- 

 gun to be somewhat cold, about — 6° C. A little after 6 in the evening, 

 started again in the direction of Cape Glacier. We were marching 

 we.stwards in a large sound. 



We wanted to sight the place reached by Peary, but did not get 

 so far and without haл'ing it above the horizon we had to make a halt; 

 we drove along a hilly stretch, tending smoothly towards the west 

 by south and stopped early in tJH' morning of the 31st of May after 

 having covered 36 miles. 



June 1st. In the night we at last sighted the place we wanted 

 to see *. 



June 2nd. In the evening at 6. o'clock 1 went out hunting musk- 

 oxen at a place ca. 8 miles away. I found a great number of tracks 

 in the bay but saw no animals. 



On the way back I saw again a seal on the ice; when I was call- 

 ing for my dogs it heard me and the moment I saw it, it dived down 

 again. Hoping that it woidd reappear, I stood on the watch for it 

 but in vain. 



June 3rd. At noon 1 returned and found my comrades very 

 anxious and on the point of setting out to look for me. 



We now ate the last small remains of the rausk-ox meat and the 

 remainder of the soup which we made thick by all sorts of ingredients. 

 We had only oatmeal left for one more meal. 



June 4th. At noon I awoke: on going out I managed to shoot 



' As already known, the meeting took place near Cape Rigsdagen. See p. 130. 



^ This day the two parties separated, never to meet again. See p. 1.Ч4. 



' It was the glacier in the head of Hagens Fjord which they mistook for 

 Academy Glacier. The latter they cannot have sighted until the 7tli or 8th .June, if we 

 take it for granted that they passed Cape Grundloven on June ôtli (Grundlovsdag 

 = Constitution Day). 



