278 Chr. Bendix Thostrup 



Winter-house 398 lay furthest to the east. The roof had fallen 

 in and above the platform we found a quantity of frozen whale- 

 bone, but no weapons or utensils; the examination however was 

 somewhat hasty. (Fjord seal, bones of the Greenland whale and a 

 piece of large whale-bone). 



The winter-houses 399, 400 and 401 (fig. 37), were built close 

 together and lay 8 meters west of the above-mentioned winter-house 

 along the bank of the freshwater pool. Winter-house 402 Avas found 

 20 meters S. S. E. of the winter-house 401. 



The 4 houses last mentioned were not investigated. 



In the lowermost group there were 6 winter-houses; 4 of these 

 were much sunken and old, the other 2 however of newer date. 

 The winter-houses of this group were mainly situated 10 to 20 meters 

 from the steep shore. 



Winter-house 403 lay 25 meters south of the house 402 in the 

 middle group ; just to the east of it laj^ winter-house 404 which was 

 more in ruins than 403. Winter-house 405 was found 25 meters 

 further east. The passage here was not so much broken doAvn as 

 in the two houses mentioned. 



The winter-houses 406, 407 and 408 were found furthest east 

 on the Naze, lying close together in the direction east to west; the 

 last was further east, was much broken down and not examined; 

 the other two were investigated. 



From Mylius-Erichsen's diary: 



""/9 06 — — saw 2 Eskimo houses". 



These two winter-houses (406 and 407) were first measured and 

 examined by Mylius-Erichsen; later my brother and I myself had 

 the opportunity of working a little at them, but the examination 

 was far from exhaustive especiallj' in the eastern house. In both 

 houses we found human bones; both these and the many fine 

 things we found, indicate that the natives must have died here. 

 In the western house (406) we made a large discovery especially 

 of ornaments and weapon points, for example, a large number of 

 slate points collected together for the most part on a small wooden 

 tray; both the lamp and pieces of cooking utensils were found. 



In Mylius-Erichsen's diary we find: 



"^2/9 06. — — At Snenæs I dug out a ruin; splendid discovery of arrows 

 and lower jaw of a human being — — . " 



In the eastern house (407) the things were certainly far fewer 

 in number, because we worked less in it, but among them some 

 fine knives of slate, which were certainly not left behind intentionally. 



Winter-house 406 had two small annexes (PI. II) at the front 

 wall, which were mostly filled up with remains of bones. The 



