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To the east and close to the 2 last-mentioned winter-houses 

 some stonework (525) projected above the ground. A portion of it 

 was dug out, but only some bone remains were found. (Hare, polar 

 bear, fjord seal and musk-ox). The remaining part of the stone- 

 work sunk under the surface and was so overgrown, with so much 

 earth above it, that we could not afford the time to examine it 

 closely. It was probably the remains of two very ancient winter- 

 dwellings. 



Some temporary and permanent meat-stores (526) were found ca. 

 50 meters east of the winter-house 522. The land here is bare, with 

 large and small stones scattered evervwhere. 



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Fig. 44. Winter-house 524. Rypefjeldet. 

 .Seen from the south. (Di-awing by Aciiton Finis). 



In the western group, ca. 30 meters from the shore and ca. 7 

 meters above the sea, we found two winter-houses of almost, the 

 same age and close together. 



In the one to the west (527) the platform was of earth, covered 

 by flat stones; the platform edge was a row of stones. The floor of 

 the house was paved with flat and rounded stones and sloped 

 evenly down to the lower lying passage. The roof of the house has 

 been 0*60 M. higher than the platform, but the part of the roof 

 which has been just above this place, had been removed by the 

 Eskimos before they left the house for the last time4 The re- 

 mainder of the roof had fallen. The lamp has stood against the 

 ' Cf. Steensby: p. 286. 



