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depot. The smallness of the stone-structure speaks against the 

 depot having been built for use as such; it has rather been placed 

 there for the smell to attract the foxes. 



Near the traps we found some other stone-remains, namely, 

 7 permanent meat-depots, 2 fire-places, 1 receptacle, as also 1 indeter- 

 minable ruin; they were situated partly on the same level as the 

 traps, partly in the bed of the river itself. 



On the level we found many scattered bones. (Ptarmigan, polar 

 bear, fjord seal, reindeer (antlers)). 



Details regarding the permanent meat-depots: 



Above the slope down towards the bed of the river we found 

 a stone-structure (543) consisting of a single row of large and small 

 stones. Its long axis lay north-south and there was only the one 

 long wall with 2 end walls at right angles to it. The northern end 

 wall was 190 M. long, the southern 250. The long wall was 500 M.; 



