220 G. Amdrcp. 



Danisli two (to), wlien written, and 10 may easily have a great resem- 

 blance. 



If we go through the whole of Jorgex Bronh'.nd's iliary. liow- 

 ever, anrl examine how he was accustomed to write the letter "t" 

 and the number "1", we arc most inclined to accept the view, that 

 Jørgen Brønlund has written, that Mylius-Erichsen died two 

 days after Hagen, especially when we examine these letters and signs 

 under a lens (see PI. X, Avhere the signs in question have been repro- 

 duced, as seen under a lens). In addition to this, Jørgen Brønlund 

 sometimes writes numbers with letters, sometimes as numbers, so 

 that there is really nothing surprising in the fact, that just two lines 

 above he has written "^y^ Mil" (= 10 miles) in numbers. 



Against this view-, however, we have that Jørgen Brønlund 

 writes: 'I arrive here by declining moon". In November 1907. namely, 

 full moon was on the 19th. 



We know, that Hagen died on the 15th of November. Assuming 

 that Mylius-Erichsen died almost two days later, this would be the 

 17th or the 18th: thus, Jörgen Bronlund would arrive at the depot 

 on Lamberts Land just about full moon. 



But from Koch's report we know, that Jørgen Brønlund must 

 have been 5 or 6 days at the depot before he died and if we assume 

 that he did not write the above lines until he felt death ap|)roaching, 

 the moon would then have been on the decline. 



If we assume that the diary contains "two days after", we can 

 picture the last few days of the journey. They have reached the middle 

 of the mouth of the westernmost fjord, which cuts into Lamberts 

 Land from the north. Here Hagen died and Mylius-Erichsen can- 

 not drag himself further. Only Jørgen Brønlund has still sufficient 

 strength. He toils on to the depot, to fetch proл■isions and petroleum. 

 When he returns after about two days to the spot where he left Mylius- 

 Erichsen, he finds his body only. When Mylius-Erichsen died, 

 he did not know with certainty. He can only write indefinitely "about 

 two days". Then Jørgen Brønlund undertakes his last journey 

 to the depot, where his body was found. 



If, on the other hand, we read 'lO days after", it is difficult to 

 understand, why Jørgen Brønlund and Mylius-Erichsen should 

 remain 10 days by Hagen's body and not try to reach the depot close 

 at hand. 



What has become of the diaries of Mylius-Erichsen 

 and Høeg Hagen. 



As explained previously, only his own diary and Hoeg Hagen's 

 chart-sketches were found by Jørgen Bronluxd's body. 



The question then arises, what has become of Mylius-Erichsen 

 and Høeg Hagen's diaries, as we can be quite certain, that these 



