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Here we remained one week, laying in an extra supply of provisions and several casks of drinking water, and then sailed toward Spitzbergen. For the first few days we had an open sea and a favoring wind, and then we encountered much ice and many icebergs. HERE WE REMAINED ONE WEEK LAYING IN AN EXTRA SUPPLY PROVISIONS AND SEVERAL CASKS OF DRINKING WATER AND THEN SAILED TOWARDS SPITZBERG FOR THE FIRST FEW DAYS WE HAD AN OPEN SEA AND A FAVOURING WIND AND THEN WE ENCOUNTERED MUCH ICE AND MANY ICEBERGS
eland Island to the right. A few days later we succeeded in doubling Sandhommar Point, and made our way through the sound which separates Denmark from the Scandinavian coast. In due time we put in at the town of Christiansand, where we rested two days, and then started around the Scandinavian coast to the westward, bound for the Lofoden Islands. My father was in high spirit, because of the excellent and gratifying returns he had received from our last catch by marketing at Stockholm, instead of selling at one of the seafaring towns along the Scandinavian coast. He was especially pleased with the sale of some ivory tusks that he had found on the west coast of Franz Joseph Land during one of his northern cruises the previous year, and he expressed the hope that this time we might again be fortunate enough to load our little fishing-sloop with ivory, instead of cod, herring, mackerel and salmon. We put in at Hammerfest, latitude seventy-one degrees and forty minutes, for a few days' rest. LAND ISLAND TO THE LEFT AND ORLAND ISLAND TO THE RIGHT A FEW DAYS LATER WE SUCCEEDED IN DOUBLING SAND HAMAR POINT AND MADE OUR WAY THROUGH THE SOUND WHICH SEPARATES DENMARK FROM THE SCANDINAVIAN COAST IN DUE TIME WE PUT IN AT THE TOWN OF CHRISTIANSEN WHERE WE RESTED TWO DAYS AND THEN STARTED AROUND THE SCANDINAVIAN COAST TO THE WESTWARD BOUND FOR THE LYFODEN ISLANDS MY FATHER WAS IN HIGH SPIRIT BECAUSE OF THE EXCELLENT AND GRATIFYING RETURNS HE HAD RECEIVED FROM OUR LAST CATCH BY MARKETING AT STAKHOM INSTEAD OF SELLING AT ONE OF THE SEAFARING TOWNS ALONG THE SCANDINAVIAN COAST HE WAS ESPECIALLY PLEASED WITH THE SALE OF SOME IVORY TUSKS THAT HE HAD FOUND ON THE WEST COAST OF FRANCIFLAND DURING ONE OF HIS NORTHERN CRUISES THE PREVIOUS YEAR AND HE EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THIS TIME WE MIGHT AGAIN BE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO LOAD OUR LITTLE FISHING SLOPE WITH IVORY INSTEAD OF COD HERRING MACKREL AND SALMON WE PUT IN AT HAMMERFEST LATITUDE SEVENTY ONE DEGREES AND FORTY MINUTES FOR A FEW DAYS REST
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