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a great surprise to him to see me here now. His 
hospitality was unbounded; everything he had was 
at our disposal. He made some tea for us at once, 
and offered us bread, also made by himself, which 
was as good as any I have ever eaten. I am 
ashamed to think of the amount of this bread that 
I ate; no Christmas cake or plum pudding ever 
tasted better. After our meal I enjoyed a smoke 
of his good tobacco and then we turned in. Mr. 
Olsen made me take his own bunk and I had a re¬ 
freshing sleep. 
The man who had accompanied us here now 
went back, so the next morning, after a good deal 
of trouble, Sir. Olsen got another man with a sledge 
and a dog team. With the exception of Colt, our 
dogs were still very tired. Most of the dogs be¬ 
longing to the people at Koliuchin Bay were away 
in various directions hunting. Sir. Olsen used his 
influence, however, and we were able to get away in 
good season, with a good sledge and a full dog- 
team. The driver and ourselves all took turns; 
two of us would walk while the other rode. 
During the day we passed Pitlekaj, the point 
where the Vega , Nordenskiold’s ship, on the voyage 
on which she made the Northeast Passage, became 
frozen in the ice, on September 28, 1878, when only 
a few days’ run from Bering Strait and scarcely 
six miles from open water, and did not again get 
