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strakes of the boat. Six bears were also got to-day on 
tbe Menke Islands, two old bears, and four cubs alive. 
May 2§th. —Long-tailed Ducks seen to-day for first 
time, and many geese on the mossy plain under Black 
Point. Eleven reindeer were killed by two Germans, 
but in very poor condition. The Seggur was again 
caught in the ice, and remains so. 
May 30 th. —Ice-bound. Shot two big reindeer bucks 
within three hundred yards of sloop : horns, about 
twelve inches long. Birds abundant on plain aforesaid : 
Grey, Brent, and six Bernicle Geese, Snow-Buntings, 
Purple Sandpipers, Skuas (seen for first time), and 
Kittiwakes rooting up moss for nesting. 
June 3rd. —Terns ( Sterna macrura) arrived to-day, 
and Phalaropes were reported seen. Two days later I 
shot one, swimming in a channel among the ice. Yellow 
buttercups (? sp.) in bloom. 
June 5th .—Pair Bed-throated Divers shot; also 
Long-tailed Ducks, and Phalarope aforesaid. 
June 6th .—Dunlin ( Tringa alpina) reported seen 
by the German naturalists. We have now been blocked 
here by the ice for nine days —the very time we 
reckoned on reaping a rich harvest among the walrus. 
One boat which got through to Deeva Bay secured six 
walrus and six big bearded seals. 
June 8 th .—Sailed for Norway. 
I have not had the advantage of the author’s 
supervision of these extracts. His last letter to me 
mentioned his being on the point of leaving for Central 
Asia for a year or two. 
