294 Chr. Hp:ndix Thostuup 



The second tent-ring (478) lay 3 meters N. N. W. of the perma- 

 nent meat-depot 465. It was oval, built of ordinary stones, with a 

 few large among them, 275 M. long and 200 M. broad. The plat- 

 form edge was formed of flat stones and divided the tent-ring into 

 two equally large parts. (Musk-ox). 



Further, two ovals were found of large and ordinary stones. 

 Some of the large stones used stood singly, others close together. 



The one stone-oval (479) was found 2 meters S. of the perma- 

 nent meat-depot 465, with the long axis east-west; it was 250 M. 

 long and 220 M. broad. The west wall was ca. 020 M. high and 

 the stones were very close together. The east wall was formed in 

 part of a solid stone, ca. 1"50 M. long and ca. 050 M. high. Close 

 to the stone-oval in the S.W. was a fire-place (480), ca. 040 M. square 

 and open towards the east. 



Stone-oval 481 lay 12 meters S. S. W. of 479; it was 275 M. long, 

 1-90 M. broad and with the long axis east— west. It was formed of 

 uniformly large and ordinary stones, with a larger, fixed stone both 

 in the east and in the west wall. 



A single row of large stones (482), 250 M. long, was found 50 

 meters east of the stone-oval 481. It proceeded at right angles from 

 the eastern end of a fixed stone-boulder, 200 M. long and ran to- 

 wards the north. 



As will be seen from the foregoing, it was almost only per- 

 manent meat-depots we found at this hunting-ground, and I was 

 so fortunate as to discover one of them (462) undisturbed since the 

 Eskimos had stored food in it. I may describe this discovery. 



At the bottom of the depot a pavement of flat stones was first 

 laid down. On these was placed the under part of the skull of a 

 musk-ox (the 2 parts of the lower jaw), and round this a small 

 space was formed by means of flat stones, at the sides placed on 

 end. At the side and above these parts of the skull the flesh of 

 the musk-ox [Ovibos moschatus, vertebrae and ribs of a young 

 animal) was laid, divided into several layers by flat stones. The 

 bones were still in order, vertebra by vertebra, rib by rib. Above 

 the musk-ox meal lay a layer of hare {Lepus variabilis, shin-bone 

 and shank), and then came a layer of flat stones and lastly, the 

 heavy, true covering stones. We also found some fossil whale-bones 

 in the depot. 



There can be no doubt that the Eskimos have carried on the 

 musk-ox hunting here on a large scale ' — the enormous meat- 

 depots indicate this. The fact that no traps were found here would 

 seem to show, that the place has been occupied a part of the 



. I Cf.. Steensby : p. ЗУ6. 



