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upon fresh tracks of bears. As it was of importance to get fresh bear- 

 meat for the dogs, the tent was raised and the hunt begun. No less 

 than 2 bears formed the booty and on the next forenoon 3 more bears 

 were shot at this hunting place, thus 5 in all. 



On May 5th the party drove with half loads to the river-bed on 

 the south side of Muschelberg; the remainder was fetched later by 

 Tobias Gabrielsen and Hendrik Olsen, whilst Jarner made geo- 

 logical investigations in the neighbourhood of the tent place. 



In the afternoon of May 7th they drove on and on 



May 8th in the forenoon the tent was raised at the depot in Peters 

 Bay. On the way they again met with a large bear. From a coal- 

 bed close to the depot they obtained coal — so they could not ask 

 for much more. 



On May 9th at midnight they droA^e further from Peters Bay into 

 Ardencaple Inlet, the first 10 kilometers through deep and soft snow; 

 but thereafter the sledging improved and at the end they had smooth 

 ice. Unfortunately, a fog came on. On the way they got another 

 bear. After travelling about 28 kilometers the tent was raised. 



The fog persisted on May 10th. In the evening, however, the 

 journey was continued into the fjord and 



On May 11th towards morning the tent was pitched about 2.S 

 kilometers further in, on the north side of the fjord just off Femdalene 

 (the 5 valleys j. 



On May 12th the weather at last cleared and the journey was 

 continued into the fjord, Brede Fjord, which Jarner had seen cut- 

 ting in north of Cape Daly. 



Early in the morning of May 13th the party reached the head 

 of the fjord and camped off a small glacier in there. In the course 

 of the day the fjord was surveyed and investigated and on 



May 14th, just after midnight, they again drove out of the fjord. 

 They next rounded Cape Daly and entered the unknown, narrow 

 fjord, Smalle Fjord, which Jarner had observed cutting in south of 

 Cape Daly. 



On May 15th they reached the glacier on the south side of the 

 fjord. Here Jarner made some measurements. Towards the evening 

 the journey out of the fjord was begun and the tent raised in the 

 mouth of Smalle Fjord. These were hard days for Jarner, who suf- 

 fered from a bad wound on the one leg, accompanied by fever and 

 severe pain. 



On May 16th the party camped at Cape Reinhardt. 



On May 17th tliey drove round Cape Buch and camped at the 

 small island in the mouth of the fjord, which cuts into the land south 

 of the promontory. 



On May 18th they set off for h<imi'. Tlic route lay over the depot 



