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and laced them to the framework of the sledges by 
means of strips of seal-hide. In addition we mended 
and improved tents and clothing. 
“IT WAS A-ROUGH PAVEMENT ON WHICH TO TRAVEL.” 
On May 15th we had the last greeting from the 
departing sun. The refraction of it appeared as a 
large red elliptical glowing body to the north-west, 
changing gradually into a cornered square, while the 
departing day seemed to revel in a triumph of colours, 
growing more in splendour as the sun sank, when the 
colours grew more dainty, and surpassed themselves 
in beauty. It imprinted itself upon the minds of us 
ten so strongly that it made life possible for us through 
those dark days and nights to come. The promising 
effect of that evening of the 15th May, 1:899, lasted 
and cheered us until the returning sun again made the 
peaks and crevasses shine on the 27th July. 
