June 27 th 
The following day brought variants, likewise. Five in the 
morning we put off, riding through a snowstorm for several 
hours, till we came to Ice Fjord. 
Seas were running high, and six o’clock found the Laura 
at Green Harbor. 
There, again, there was whaling, and the high wind forced 
us to drop anchor. Learmonth and I went out after reindeer, 
which had been reported from the valley, but without success. 
Leaving Green Harbor finally, the Laura put into Coal 
A MIXED BAG 
Bay (or Cole’s Bay, as some have it) at ten. This bay is 
an arm of Ice Fjord, and the corries of the surrounding moun¬ 
tains are favorite haunts of reindeer. Tramping over sharp 
rocks, through deep snow and bogs, for sixteen or eighteen 
miles, our two parties (five rifles) brought down nine deer. 
As soon as killed, the deer is gralloched; but the antlers 
being in velvet in the summer, comparatively few specimens 
worth keeping were found. The meat, on the other hand, 
was most excellent and we put it to good use. 
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