472 G. С. Amdrup. 



sea ice, our passage stopped 2 miles from land by the water from the 

 melting ice. At last, on August 25th we reached land and shot 4 hares. 

 By short journeys day by day since then we have moved our camp 

 altogether about 32 miles into Danmarks Fjord, constantly impeded in 

 our advance to good hunting grounds by mild weather, impassable new 

 ice and lastly by о p e n ^ water from coast to coast. Walked on foot 

 over the hills, followed by the dogs, some 32 miles further into the Fjord 

 to "Sjællands Slette", shot in all 15 young ptarmigan, 15 hares, 1 wolf 

 and 8 musk-oxen (2 bulls, 3 cows and 3 calves). Camped for a week 

 under open sky, cooked our food by means of drift-wood, of which we 

 found quantities along the coast, fed up the dogs and transported the 

 meat and tallow here to this place, which is the southernmost spot in 

 the Fjord, we have been able to reach with the sledge. The ice further 

 in still not safe, otherwise had considered the possibility of returning 

 home via the inland ice from the head of Danmarks Fjord to the Fjord 

 at ca. 79° N. lat. Imagine we have had down to 15° of cold (Centigrade) 

 during the past week. Taking on the sledge drift-wood for 8 days' 

 cooking, over 300 lbs. of meat, which is sufficient food for ourselves 

 for 16 days and 8 days for the dogs. Will follow the Fjord eastwards 

 the ca. 144 miles out to the outer coast and from there, with the help 

 of the depots laid out there in the spring and bear hunting, we hope 

 to be able to reach the ship safely in 5 — 6 weeks. 



L. Mylius-Erichsen, 

 Leader of the "Danmark Expedition". 



The second report was found on the summer camp (see PI. II) 

 and reads as follows: 



First-lieutenant Hagen, the Greenlander Bronlund and the under- 

 signed on May 28th 1907 at the North-east Naze of this land (ca. 82°04' 

 N. lat., ca. 22° W. long.) left the sledge party of First-lieutenant Koch, 

 who had reached the north point of Greenland and were on their way 

 back to the ship, at Cape Bismarck. We drove westward with 23 dogs 

 until the 1st of June and reached Peary's Cape Glacier, discovered that 

 the Peary Channel does n о 1 1 exist; Navy Cliff is connected by fast 

 land with Heilprinn Land. We renamed Independence Bay the Inde- 

 pendence Fjord and built a cairn (with report) on a low point near Cape 

 Glacier. On the way out through the Fjord we discovered and inves- 

 tigated two side fjords — "Bronlunds Fjord" towards the north-west 

 and "Hagens Fjord" towards the south-east and built a cairn (with 

 report) at the last-mentioned. Also discovered old tent-rings. 



Mild weather suddenly set in, deep snow, melting ice-water on the 

 ice, lack of big game and sickness and loss of energy among the dogs 



' Underlined by Mylhis-Erichsen. Note by editor. 



