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G. Last journey of Mylius-Erichsen, Høeg-Hagen and 

 Jørgen Brønlund. 



To reconstruct the course and events of this journey we have 

 the following data. 



1. JøBGEN Bronlund's diary. 



2. Høeg-Hagen's chart-sketches. 



o. The communications made by Mylius-Erichsen to Koch when 

 they met off Cape Rigsdagen on 27/V 1907 (see p. 130). 



4. The opinions and views regarding a possible retreat which had 

 been exchanged between Mylius-Erichsen and Ivoch during the 

 first part of the great sledge journey north i. 



On the 1st of May at 8.15 p. m., ca. 81°47' N. lat., Koch's party 

 separated from Mylius-Erichsen's (see p. 134). While Koch pro- 

 ceeded towards Peary Land, Mylius-Erichsen continued his journey 

 westwards. 



On May ôth Mylius-Erichsen and his companions reached Prin- 

 cess Dagmars Peninsula. The dogs were by that time very exhausted. 

 Mylius-Erichsen therefore tried to lighten the sledges, partly by 

 depositing a box of dog pemmican on the northern side of the penin- 

 sula, partly by parting with things that were not alsolutely neces- 

 sary, e. g. the case in which cooking-utensils etc. were kept. 



On May 8th they drove across Danmarks Fjord and raised the 

 tent on the western side of the fjord a little north of Cape Kronborg 

 (see P. IV, V). 



On May 11th they followed the coast southwards in the belief 

 that they now found themselves in Independence Bay. 



From the 12th to the loth of May they stayed in the regions round 

 Gundersteddal (see PI. V, VI, VII).' 



On May lath they reach Pinseskæret. On the land inside this 

 they had excellent hunting. 



May 20th the inward journey was continued and 



On Alay 21st they reached the head of the fjord and now learned 

 to a certainty, that it was not Independence Bay but another enor- 

 mous fjord, about 200 kilometers in length. 



On May 22nd they again proceed out of the fjord and on May 

 27th off Cape Rigsdagen Mylius-Erichsen's and Koch's parties 

 meet quite unawares (see p. 130). Mylius-Erichsen tells Koch that 

 all told they have shot 21 musk-oxen in Danmarks Fjord. The greater 



" Tolfl by J. P. Koch lo Vtw eflitor of tliis rcpurl. 



