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A shelter (362) lay ca. 15 meters S. E. of the trap. It was con- . 

 structed of large stones, 1-25 M. long, Г00 M. broad and open towards 

 the south. 



In the bay east of Stormnæs we found a tent-ring (363) ca. 

 20 meters from the beach and ca. 4 meters above the sea. The 

 edge of the platform lay in the direction east — west and was 

 3-80 M. long; from this to the north w^all the distance was 190 

 M., to the south wall 250 M. Large stones had been used for the 

 tent and flat stones for the platform edge. No doorway was found. 

 From about the middle of the edge of the platform a row of stones 

 led in a southerly direction towards the circumference of the ring 

 and divided the floorplace into 2 parts. (Musk-ox). 



About 50 meters W. N. W. of the tent-ring, on a small cliff, we 

 found 2 permanent meat-depots (364) at a distance of 10 meters from 

 one another. They were 050 M. in all directions and were laid with 

 flat stones over the whole floorplace. 



Rocky islets in Stormbugt. Here we found 4 tent-rings, 4 

 shelters, traps, and temporary meat-stores. 



These rocky islets lie near to and off the coastal stretch just 

 mentioned. They are quite small in extent, low and somewhat 

 mound-like. 



On an islet, to which access w^as only obtained through a steep 

 cleft on its one side, we found several temporary meat-stores (365) 

 and traps (366), right up on the top. 



In the middle of a second islet, 11 M. high, we found 4 tent- 

 rings and 4 shelters in two parallel rows. The three tent-rings 

 furthest west (in series from north to south: 367, 368, 369) were 

 probably the oldest I have found, at least they had suffered most 

 from wind and weather. In the first instance they were hardly no- 

 ticed, and it was only when the best preserved one had been dis- 

 covered that the others were quickly found. 



The fourth tent-ring lay furthest to the south (370), in line with 

 3 shelters (from south to north 371, 372, 373). The fourth shelter 

 (374) lay halfway between the two row^s. 



Measurements of the tent-rings are given in the table p. 274. 



One of the shelters was not measured (371). A second (372) was 

 triangular, 145 M. along the side. Shelter 373 was 170 M. long and 

 135 M. broad. 



The fourth shelter (374) had a platform-place, with the edge 125 M. 

 long in the direction east — west; from this to the north wall the dis- 

 tance was 065 M.; this part of the floorplace was covered with fine 

 gravel. 



