Ethnographic Description of the Eskimo Settlements 221 



The trap furthest to the north (61) was 063 M. long, 019 M. 

 broad and 22 M. high. The trap door had been removed to the 

 side. Small stones had been chiefly used in the construction of 

 the trap. 



The trap to the south (62) was 070 M. long, 015 M. broad 

 and 017 M. high. The heavy door had been removed to the side 

 and the hindmost covering stone was away. The locking stones as 

 well as the other stones in the structure of the trap were very 

 heav}'. 



The traps lay ca. 30 meters from the beach, 10 meters above the 

 sea and were built on small pebbles. In consequence of this the 

 ground inside was paved with flat stones, so that the animal could 

 not dig its way out. They stood N. N. W.— S. S. E. from one another 

 at a distance of 40 meters. 



On a small, level patch about 8 meters east of the last-men- 

 tioned trap there w^as an elegant little tent-ring (63). It was oval with 

 a door opening 045 M. broad which looked towards the S. S. E. 

 From this to the edge of the platform the distance was 075 M., 

 from the latter to the back wall 090 M. and the breadth along 

 the edge of the platform was 135 M. In the north-eastern part 

 of the wall the stones of the tent-ring were placed close together 

 and in a double row. (This ring might possibly be regarded as a 

 "shelter".) 



Nearer to the shore, only 5 meters from this, were 3 large 

 permanent meat-depots (64), 1*25 M. in diameter. From these 

 and southwards along the shore 8 other, large, permanent meat- 

 depots (65) lay over a distance of about 50 meters. In the depots 

 of the northern group we found narwhal bones, the others were 

 empty. 



The place is difficult of approach and it is little probable, that 

 the natives of the nearest settlement, Syttenkilometernæsset, have had 

 their meat depots and traps so far away. I obtained the impression that 

 there had been a large narwhal fishery at this place at one time, and 

 the natives have been obliged to store their booty temporarily and 

 keep watch over it (in tent or shelter 63), until they could get the 

 large, permanent meat-depots built. The meat had obviously lasted 

 for a long time and the natives have then built the traps which 

 could be attended to when they came to the place to fetch the meat. 



Syttenkilometernæsset (lat. 76° 49', long. 18" 21'). Here we 

 found a large settlement Avith 16 winter-houses, 15 tent-rings, 8 

 permanent meat-depots, ca. 10 temporary meat-stores, 3 fire-places, 

 3 sets of kavak rests and 5 other stone remains (see fig. 18). 



