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Trap 593 and the traps 13 and 378 were larger and more solid 

 than the other traps found on the Expedition. Regarding the last 



Fig. 4/. Shelter âli?. Hypefjeldet. 

 Seen from Ihe soiilh. Liirge pieces of rociv used in its conslruclion. fFhoto. l)y the author). 



Fig. 4S. Shelter 573. R3pefjeldet. 

 Seen from the east. A large stone is used as the one side wall. (Photo, by the author). 



Mylius-Erichsen wrote in his diary (see p. 275) "wolf-trap"*. The 

 very lonely position of the traps might well speak in favour of their 

 being constructed for the capture of the shy polar wolves; I am of the 



1 Cf. Lyon: pp. 133—34, 338, 339 and Parry: pp. 165, 180, 18Ü, 514. 



