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though the river is running strongh', has risen 6 cm. in 24 hours. The 

 temperature of the air at noon is 8°C. in the shade and 14° С in the sun. 

 — — The snow walls along the bed of the river come thundering down into 

 the river which has undermined them and are carried onwards bj^ the seeth- 

 ing stream. — — 



10th July. — — Freuchen went in the kayak from the lake, down the 

 river, to Hvalrosodden. He had to carry the kayak over a fall in the river, 

 but managed the journey very well. — — " 



The above notes from my diary will give some notion of tlie 

 conditions which existed at the time of year when this tenting 

 ground must have been occupied, as presumably it has just been 

 the quantity of seals, that congregate here at the mouth of the river, 

 which has been the attraction for the hunters. 



Regarding this locality Mylius-Erichsen writes in a letter to 

 the Second-in-command as follows. 



"2*l9 1906. The salmon are leaping in the river. — — Yesterday' 



I found an Eskimo tent-ring' at the river, the occurrence of which 

 shows that the fjord-complex round about here must be open in most 

 years. 



Regarding the Eskimo tent-ring : the position of the stones on the ground 

 and the lichens on the stones show, that the age of the ring must be estimated 

 to be at most 50 years. 



We might therefore still meet with Eskimos on the North-East coast; 

 but where? Nowhere better than here, a true Eldorado for nomads, an 

 excellent place for food, all thinkable arctic animals on land and in the 

 sea. — But alas, I shall probably not have the great good fortune to meet 

 the most primitive children of the world on this journey — — '" 



The shelter (453) was rectangular with rounded back wall, con- 

 structed of ordinary stones 015— OoO M. high; its long axis lay in 

 the direction east-west; it was Г30 M. long, 0-65 M. broad and 

 opened towards the east. Across the opening — the whole breadth 

 of the shelter — was a low, stone threshold. 



Tent-ring 454 was found 5 meters south of the shelter. It was 

 oval, constructed of large stones, Г90 M. long and 125 M. broad. 

 There was a smaller stone in the 040 M. broad opening, which 

 faced towards the S. W. (Polar bear, musk-ox). 



Tent-ring 455 lay 18 meters S. W. of the ring 454. This ring 

 was semicircular, constructed of small stones. The straight front 

 wall was 250 M. and from this to the rounded back wall the 

 distance was 250 M. On the one side of the rounding there were 

 3 openings in the row of stones. Close to the tent-ring in the 

 S. E. were some flat stones, as also a conspicuous, ordinary, round 

 stone, which I imagine were used as playthings (456; cf. fig. 13). 



' (454). 



