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ground was found on the north side of the point. The ground is 

 raised sea-bottom with small stones and gravel, which do not permit 

 of water collecting. In the neighbourhood of the tenting ground, 

 in both of the years we visited the place, there were several ice- 

 bergs, which formed a resort for bears and seals. The land itself 

 has scarcely yielded much hunting; I found absolutely no antlers 

 of reindeer there and only a few tracks of musk-ox; on the other 

 hand, ptarmigan, hares and foxes occurred and seals were often 

 seen on the ice (Jate in May 1908). 



The one tent-ring (310) lay ca. 50 meters from the beach of a 

 small creek. It was found ca. 5 meters above the sea. It was 

 circular, constructed of ordinary stones. The breadth along the 

 platform edge was 3 60 M., and the distance from this to the back 

 wall 120 M., to the doorway 240 M.; the latter looked towards the 

 beach in N. N. E. direction and was 0.50 M. broad. A row of stones, 

 1 M. long, led outwards from the west side of the doorway. (Fjord seal). 



About 15 meters further to the E. N. E. lay another tent-ring 

 (311), which was somewhat oval and constructed of ordinary stones. 

 The breadth along the platform edge was 380 M. ; from this to the 

 back wall the distance was 2-20 M., to the doorway 140 M. The latter 

 looked towards the N. N. E., was 0.78 M. broad and had a passage, 

 0.82 M. long, which led outwards. (Bean-goose, tjord seal, reindeer). 



The temporary meat-store (312) was found ca. 20 meters north 

 of the last- mentioned ring, 18 meters from the head of the creek 

 and ca. 3 meters above the sea. It was well built of stones so 

 heavy that one man could scarcely have lifted them, oval, 120 M. 

 long and MOM. broad, but partially uncovered and empty. 



East shore of Stormbugt (lat. 76° 47', long. 18° 52'). Here we 

 found 6 winter-houses, 24 tent-rings, 2 traps, many permanent meat- 

 depots and temporary meat-stores, 4 graves, 2 receptacles at graves 

 and 3 stone structures made by children. 



The district referred to here is that part of the east shore of 

 Stormbugt, which lies north of Vesterdalen (see Chart, PI. V); the 

 southern part has already been discussed under "Danmarks Havn 

 with immediate neighbourhood". About 1 kilometer N. of Vester- 

 dalen lies a broad, low naze ; on this and to the south of it we 

 found a tenting-ground extending along the whole of the low, 

 gravelly shore. 



A little inside the naze lie some clifls, one of which has been 

 a burial place. North of the naze we found 6 winter-houses^ in 



' Mylius-Ekichsen writes in his diary: '"'/g 06. — Jørgen and Freochen have 

 found house-ruins suitable for excavation between the harbour and Stormkap." 



