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Zoology. 
gian whaler in the vicinity of Jaen Mayen in 1891, I sought in vain 
for a solution of this problem, a satisfactory explanation of which 
yet remains to be given. 
7. Odobcenus rosmarus. — Walruses were seen by us in several 
places : as in Melville Bay in lat. 75° 50' N. July 21st, and in the 
“northwater” of Baffin Bay on our passage from Wolstenholme 
Sound to Cary Islands July 24th, but in greatest number they were 
observed among the floe-ice in a little bay west ot Cape Faraday. 
Here the vessel was accompanied by walrus-herds, each containing 
ten or twenty. It was a matter of some regret that the exigencies of 
the time did not permit us to capture any of these animals. The bot- 
tom of this bay was sandy and had a luxuriant vegetation of big 
Laminaria and Fucus^ and I obtained here, in five fathoms water. 
My a and Glyptonotus in considerable quantities. We were informed 
that the walrus or “ awik ” (Esk.) is very abundant in some favorable 
places in Inglefield Gulf, where it finds a rich supply of food in the 
shallow water. The winter food of the Eskimo dogs is, mainly, wal- 
rus meat and Lieutenant Peary provisioned his stock of dogs from 
the same source. 
8. Lepus glacialis. — The Arctic hare is, besides the lemming, 
the terrestrial mammal which goes farthest north, its traces having 
been observed during Greely’s Expedition, by Lockwood, in lat. 
83° 24' N. It was found by us at many places, e. g . , on the south 
coast of Ellesmere Land, at a cape opposite Smith Island, where we 
landed August loth, and on Northumberland Island, where five indi- 
viduals were shot. In some valleys around Inglefield Gulf its tracks 
were seen. The specimens killed were all quite white, except the 
tips of the ears, which had a black stripe about one inch long, and 
the under-side of the feet, the hairs of which had turned reddish- 
brown through rubbing. 
9. Rangifer tarandus. — The reindeer is very common in the val- 
leys and high plateaus around Inglefield Gulf, and a sure proof of this is 
the fact that no less than 200 odd were killed last year by Lieutenant 
Peary’s party, the expedition thus being supplied during the whole 
winter with fresh meat. Before starting south the ‘ ‘ Falcon' ’ visited the 
head of Inglefield Gulf, for the purpose of securing some reindeer 
meat and skins for Lieutenant Peary. Unfortunately, we only ob- 
tained four or five. The favorite feeding-places are valleys and the 
slopes of the mountains, which it ascends 1000 feet or more. I learned 
from Lieutenant Peary’s companions that they had killed reindeers on 
