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houses in the southern group. The platform was covered with flat 

 stones. The bottom of the passage lay much deeper than the floor 

 of the house. 



Winter-house 318 lay 2 meters N. N. W. of the house 317 (fig. 34). 

 As in the house 315, a recess was found above the innermost stone of 

 the passage; it was 040 M. deep, 0.36 M. broad and 0.18 M. high. The 

 platform consisted of gravel. The floor was not examined. (Walrus). 



The winter-house 319 lay 4 meters N. W. of the house 318. The 

 roof had been removed and the inside of the house was covered 

 with vegetation; the passage w^as much broken down. The plat- 



big. ô4. Winter-house ill/ aiul iiio. bust sliuie ut Sturmbiigt. 

 Seen from the S. E. In the foreground 317. (Photo. l)y A. Wkckm-h). 



form was formed of gravel and had no paving of flat stones. The 

 platform edge was formed of stones placed on end and was 026 M. 

 high. The floor consisted of gravel. The passage could not be 

 examined, but its bottom seemed to lie lower than the floor of the 

 house. (Hare, dog, walrus, bearded seal, fjord seal, reindeer, musk- 

 ox, whalebone ; further, a humerus and two lower jaws of human 

 beings were found in this house). 



Many bones Avere also found round about these 3 winter-houses 

 in the northern group. (Walrus, bearded seal, fjord seal). 



On a rocky knoll near the beach we found both permanent 

 meat-depots and temporary meat-stores (320); holes in the rock 

 had often been utilized in the formation of the first mentioned. 



