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214 Снп. I5en»ix Thostuup 



On the place occupied by the tents we also found, as already 

 mentioned, two other structures which claimed our interest, namely 

 a "stone table" (26) and a small cairn (27). 



These two, the "stone table" and the cairn, stood 100 meters 

 east— west from one another and I took them at first to be of 

 European origin — for measuring distances or such like — but 

 after my return home Lieut. Bergendahl of the "Belgica" Expe- 

 dition 1905 informed me, that the "stone table" and the cairn 

 were not set up by him or the others taking part in this 

 Expedition, the only Europeans known to have visited the island 

 before us, and they were therefore in all probability built by 

 Eskimos. 



The "stone table" (fig. 14) lay 6 — 8 meters above the sea and 

 was constructed of a large stone block (gneiss), on the top of which 

 was laid a flat, whitish stone and the latter was also propped up 

 by a round, red stone, so that the horizontal surface of the white 

 stone formed a kind of slab for a table. Its height above the ground 

 was 1-13 M., its thickness 0- 11 — 0*13 M.; the length on the surface 

 was 071 M., the breadth 047 M. The measurements of the round, 

 red stone were 021 >< 0"16 x 013 M. The ground plan of the large 

 stone block was oval, 157 >< 126 M. 



The "stone table" has possibly been used to lay meat on, to 

 keep this away from the dogs. 



The cairn (fig. 14) was only 70 M. high and 0-65 M. in dia- 

 meter at the ground. It was built of large and small stones, some 

 of them flat. There was a large, round stone on the top. The cairn 

 lay about 3 meters above the sea, near the outer point of the naze, 

 ^examination showed nothing in it. 



Кар Amélie (lat. 77"^ 31', long. 19° 12'). Here we found 3 fox- 

 traps (28), which were not measured. They stood about 6 M. above 

 the sea and about 25 M. from the beach, on a small, mossy, trian- 

 gular patch, close to the east of the Cape. Surrounded as they were 

 by large stones, they fitted in well with the ground. Two of them 

 had the opening towards the sea, the one towards the S. E., the 

 other towards S. W. (according to information from Jarner). 



Rosio (lat. 77° 18', long. 18° 25'). Here we found 3 tent-rings and 

 about 6 temporary meat-stores. 



The island is a barren waste. In winter, after a heavy snow- 

 fall, it appears only like a small hump of ice against the surrounding 

 .white. 



