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his progress was impeded about lat. 78° by the ice 
being elevated into prodigious mountains. This for¬ 
mation was most probably caused by the proximity 
of land. Here his journey was arrested, and his 
provisions falling short, his difficulties were greatly 
increased. However, some of his dogs having died 
from want, they became food for those remaining. On 
the 3rd of April following he arrived at the point 
from whence he had set out, after an absence of 
twenty-four days. 
It was to no purpose we mentioned these facts to 
Professor Nordenskiold ; he was prejudiced evidently 
against the use of dogs; and our other arguments respect¬ 
ing the wonderful inventions of modern days, which 
place us in a far better condition of economising space 
in a way utterly unknown some few years ago, were to 
him of no account. The clumsy appliances with which 
Markoff was forced to be content, weighed more than 
double, and offered less than half the necessaries, not 
to mention comforts, we could pack away for such a 
journey at the present day. 
At this time our consultations were frequent and 
earnest as to the course we should adopt. The all- 
absorbing question was, whether we should linger for 
some days longer on the coast, exploring the many 
bays and fiords, in quest of such sport as should 
