PROFESSOR DAVID'S NARRATIVE (Continued) 



Die schonste Jimgfrau sitzet 

 Dort oben mmderbar^ 

 Ihr goldnes Geschmeide blitzet, 

 Sie Kammt ihr goldnes Haar. 



Sie Kammt es mit goldenem Itamme, 

 Und singt ein Lied dabei; 

 Das hat ein wundersame, 

 Gewaltige melodei. 



Heine. 



"C^AR beyond the golden mountains to the north and 

 ^ west lay our goal, but as yet we knew not whether 

 we were destined to fail or succeed. Meanwhile no time 

 was to be lost in hurrying on and preparing for a dash 

 on to the plateau, if we were to deserve success. 



The following day, December 12, we sledged on for 

 half a mile until we were a little to the west of the con- 

 spicuous ice mound previously described. We con- 

 cluded that as this ice mound commanded such a 

 general view of the surrounding country, it must itself 

 be a conspicuous object to any one approaching the 

 Drygalski Glacier by sea from the north; and so we 

 decided that as there was still no trace of the " low, 

 sloping shore" of the chart, and that as the spot at 

 which we had now arrived was very near to the area 

 so named on the chart, we would make our depot here. 

 We intended to leave at this depot one of our sledges 

 with any spare equipment, a little food, and all our 



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