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cuts into the south-east end of Lille Koldewey, due south of Кар 

 Christian. The harbour is deep and safe. 



On its northern beach lie the first stone remains the Danmark 

 Expedition met with, but unfortunately they were not investigated 

 and when I visited the place in May 1908 for this purpose, they 

 were covered over with snow half a meter deep. 



We found nearly half a score of stone circles (150), about 2 

 to 3 meters in cross-section and about 030 to 040 M. high. They 

 were constructed of ordinary, somewhat flat stones and they were 

 almost circular, with a small passage directed towards the harbour. 

 To the left of the passage in a few of the structures we found a 

 small, square annex with the opening in towards the interior of 

 the circle. I feel quite sure that these were remains of dwelling 

 houses and not meat-stores, and it is very regrettable that there 

 was no opportunity to examine them more closely. 



Behind these ruins, about 12 meters above the sea, on the land 

 to the north, we found a couple of stone structures (151) which 

 resembled graves, but on my last visit they were frozen so solidly 

 that I could only uncover them partially. 



On the reef which bounds Sonja Havn to the south we found 

 a fox-trap (152). It stood on the edge of the reef, in towards the 

 harbour, about 3 meters above the sea. The trap was fairly well 

 built of ordinary stones. The opening looked towards the S. E.; 

 the falling door, which was in its place, was of granite, oval, and 

 thicker and heavier than any other I have seen; at some places it 

 was 003 to 004 M. thick; its length was 046 M., height 029 M. 

 The pointed, wedge shaped stone in the back wall of the trap was 

 also in its place; it was 013 M. long, 008 M. broad at the base and 

 004 to 005 M. thick, and it was so placed that the point reached 

 0*06 M. into the trap and was 008 M. above the ground. The inner 

 space of the trap was 067 M. long, 018 M. broad and 012 M. high. 



Rocky islet at Lille Koldewey (lat. 76° 39', long. 18 41'). 

 Here we found 2 temporary meat-stores. 



On the north-eastern side of the southern part of Lille Kolde- 

 wey, near Olriks Pynt, about 3 kilometer from Кар Christian, there 

 is a small rocky islet round which the tidal currents beat up the 

 ice into the most extraordinary forms. 



On the side of this islet towards the land lay the temporary 

 meat-stores, a couple of meters from each other and about 5 meler 

 above the sea. They were square in shape, oblong and lay close 

 to the tidal screw-ice. 



