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The tenting-ground on the naze laj^ especially on the southern 

 part. The ground here was even gravel, which was excellently suited 

 for tenting on and the beach was also suitable for running up the 

 kayaks. Here we found 8 tent-rings and many meat-stores. Many 

 bones were found among the rings. (Bean-goose, polar bear, walrus, 

 bearded seal, fjord seal, reindeer (also several antlers), narwhal). 

 The above table (p. 268) gives particulars about 5 of the best pre- 

 serл'ed rings. 



Tent-ring 328, which lay 2 meters above the sea, had two small 

 additions, 200 and 1-50 M. square, and close to the ring to the north 



Fig. 35. Temporar}' meat-store 340. East shore of Stormbugt. 

 Seen from the north. (Photo, by A. Wegkneü). 



there was a collection ot white stones (329), probably children's 

 playthings (cf. p. 198) '. 



The three other tent-rings (333, 334, 335) were in ruins. (Fjord 

 seal in 334). 



There has probably been another ring also, but its stones have 

 been used by children for their games (336); in its present form 

 there is a curved row of stones 5'50 M. long, about in the middle 

 of which lay an oval ring 160 M, long and 150 M. broad (cf. p. 204 

 and fig. 13). 



At some distance from the other tent-rings and furthest north 



1 Cf. Ryder: pp. 289—291). 



