II.] 



SACRIFICIAL CAVITY ON VAYGATS ISLAND. 



The old place of sacrifice was still recognisable by the number 

 of fragments of bones and rusted pieces of iron which lay strewed 

 about on the ground, over a very extensive area, by the side 

 of the Eussian cross. Remains of the fireplace, on which 

 the Schaman gods had been burned, were also visible. These 

 had been much larger and finer than the gods on the present 

 eminence, which is also confirmed by a comparison of the 



SACRIFICIAL CA\nTy ON VAYGATS ISLAND. 



After a drawing by A.. Hovgaard. 



drawings here given of the latter with those from the time 

 of the Dutch explorers. The race of the Schaman gods has 

 evidently deteriorated in the course of the last three hundred 

 years. 



After I had completed my examination and collected some 

 contributions from the old sacrificial mound I ordered a little 

 boat, which the steam-launch had taken in tow, to be carried 



