Ethnographic Description of tlie Eskimo Settlements 243 



At the head of the harbour to the west side near the two small 

 lakes we found 3 tent-rings, 1 shelter, 7 temporary meat-stores and 

 1 fire-place. 



About 40 meters due south of the smallest lake, on the western 

 slope of a small, rocky knoll, we found a fire-place (157), open 

 towards the west and only half closed towards the east. A sloping, 

 flat, thin stone covered over the whole. The square space under 

 this was 036 M. along the side, 020 M. high on the west and 

 0*08 M. high on the east side. 



East of the fire-place at a distance of about 60 meters were two 

 oval tent-rings, directly north— south of one another. The northern 

 (158) was 340 M. in north — south, 375 M. in east— west direction. 

 The second (159) was 430 M. in north— south, 3 M. in east — west 

 direction. Feathers were found in 158. No door opening was 

 seen in either of the tent-rings; the tent stones were small and 

 flat; both floorplaces were paved with flat stones, closest in the 

 ring 158. 



A third tent-ring (160), a shelter (161) and 2 temporary meat- 

 stores (162) lay 20 meters east of the two tent-rings mentioned. 



Tent-ring 160 was constructed of ordinary stones, was circular, 

 3 M. in diameter and divided into two by the platform-edge, which 

 lay in east to west direction. The door opening looked towards the 

 S. E., was 075 M. broad and had a 125 M. long passage which led 

 out from the ring. West of the door opening the tent-ring had a 

 semicircular annex, 125 M. across. 



Shelter 161 had the form of an acute angle and was built of 

 small stones. The meat-stores 162, which were circular, were 1 M. 

 in dia meler. 



On the top of a rocky ridge between the fire-place and tent- 

 rings 158 and 159 were 5 large, round, temporary meat-stores, 4 of 

 which (163) were 1 M. in diameter, the fifth (164) 150 M. in dia- 

 meter. 



On the eastern side of the harbour were found 5 traps and 2 

 cairns. The 4 traps w^ere found near Overkørslen; 3 of them were well 

 preserved, the fourth on the other hand partially broken down. The 

 one (165) lay on the north side of the pass, the others on the south 

 side. They lay almost in a straight line, so that to find them in 

 winter the highest point on Termometerfjeldet has to be kept in 

 line with an easily seen, black stone, which is always bare of snow, 

 further down on the slope. This guiding mark was so obvious, 

 that I as a seaman could not fail to notice it, but even those who 

 were not seafarers soon found it out. Mylius-Erichsen very soon 

 recognized the significance of the mark, when I showed him its 



