212 G. Amdrup. 



which we did not want for the lime lieing, was left behind ', to be 

 taken with us when we pass this place on the return journey. 



When we reached the beach, we followed the thin ice at the places 

 where the ice had floated away from the land. 



We had not driven very far before we saw hares a little above 

 the beach; Hagen went up after them and got four and I three and 

 besides we also got thirteen ptarmigans. Without reaching our goal, 

 we stopped in the morning because we had been delayed by our h^re- 

 hunting. 



August 31st. In the morning we broke up to try and reach Gunder- 

 steddalen, but did not succeed owing to the ice; a little later we raised 

 the tent on land. 



Recollections from my stay near Gape York. 



(The beginning of an essay on the songs of the Polar Eskimo, 

 which has nothing to do with the diaryj. 



(A small verse to his dearest friend). 



October 19th. In the afternoon we came up on the inland ice. 

 The ascent took us four days. The fifth of the remaining dogs has 

 now also died, butted to death by a musk-ox. The sun rises no more \ 



In the one pocket of the diary lay a loose leaf filled with writing 

 on the back oi which was the word: "Will". 



And finally there was a single page written in Danish, the con- 

 tents of which have been given already p. 191 (see PI. X). 



1 As mentioned nbove, must have been Cape Kronbor^f or the regions round 

 there. 



" The translater into Danish remarks that owing' to a sli]) there was written 

 in üreenlandic: "sets no more". 



