The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe; with a historical review of previous journeys along the north coast of the Old World . res. 362 THE VOYAGE OF THE VEGA. [chap. Besides what is included in the above list, multegrot(preserved cloudberries), mixed with rum, was served out twice aweek from the 15th February to the 1st April. I wouldwillingly have had a larger quantity of this, according tonorthern experience, excellent antidote to scurvy, but as thecloudberry harvest completely failed in 1877, I could not, at anyprice, procure for the Expedition the quantity that Avas w
The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe; with a historical review of previous journeys along the north coast of the Old World . res. 362 THE VOYAGE OF THE VEGA. [chap. Besides what is included in the above list, multegrot(preserved cloudberries), mixed with rum, was served out twice aweek from the 15th February to the 1st April. I wouldwillingly have had a larger quantity of this, according tonorthern experience, excellent antidote to scurvy, but as thecloudberry harvest completely failed in 1877, I could not, at anyprice, procure for the Expedition the quantity that Avas was purchased in Finland instead, a large quantity ofcranberry-juice, which was regularly served out to the crewand much liked by them. We carried with us besides a pair ofliving swine, which were slaughtered for the Christmas festivities.^All the men at that time had an opportunity of eating freshpork twice a week, an invaluable interruption to the monotonouspreserved provisions, which in its proportion conduced, duringthis festival, to which we inhabitants of the North are attachedby so many memories, to enliven and cheer COD FROM PITLEKAJ. Gttdus navaga, of the natural size. The produce of hunting was confined during the courseof the winter to some ptarmigan and hares, and tlius did notyield any contribution worth mentioning to the provisioningof the vessel. On the other hand, I was able by barter withthe natives to procure fish in considerable abundance, so that atcertain seasons the quantity was sufficient to allow of freshfish being served out once a week. The kind of fish which wasprincipally obtained during the winter, a sort of cod withgreyish-green vertebra;, could however at first only be servedin the gun-room, because the crew, on account of the colour ofits bones, for a long time had an invincible dislike to it. On many of the ground-ices in the neighbourhood of thevessel there were fresh-water collections of considerable depthwhich indeed
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