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in before a satisfactory result had been achieved. 
Seal liver and meat had now become a frequent 
КОО and T urged on the use: of it as much 
as possible, as the want of fresh food began to tell 
upon us all. 
On the 2156 anxious for further information, 
I left Camp Ridley at 12 mid-day. I had with 
me Mr. Fougner and both the Finns. Thirty dogs 
pulled our sledges. It is difficult to keep one's 
“THE MOUNTAINS FIRST SHOWED THEMSELVES IN THEIR FULL 
DEFIANCE AS WE ARRIVED AT THEIR FOOT." 
temper while driving a team of dogs, especially 
when the ice is rough, the load heavy, and the 
temperature low. There are occasions when the most 
calm and placid natures would get fits of violent im- 
patience, and strong measures are needed if you want 
to get on at all. Sometimes, when two teams of a 
dozen dogs each are pulling along at the side of 
each other, a savage dog of one team will discover 
an enemy of his in the other team; and while you 
had hitherto found it difficult to make the dogs move 
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