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was comparatively free of snow. Round about the Naze enormous 

 masses of ice lie heaped up by the tidal water. Between this place 

 and Кар Carl Ritter lies a large bay, into which flows a river. The 

 land on the north and west sides of the bay is low and flat, well 

 suited for a tenting ground, but was not investigated. A wide valley 

 leads up into the land and perhaps off'ers possibilities for hunting 

 on land, but the country appeared barren. The situation of the 

 stone remains can be seen from PI. III. 

 Dimensions of the tent-rings: 



A small, circular stone-ring (688), formed of ordinary, rounded 

 stones and 0-85 M. in diameter, was probably the work of children 

 (fig. 13). Gravel and pebbles had been scraped to the side, so that the 

 floorplace was to some extent level. 



The 3 temporary meat-stores lay 3 — 5 M. above the sea. They 

 were circular and built of ordinary stones. The measurements 

 were: for 689 and 690, 100 M. and for 691 löO M. in external dia- 

 meter. 



Vesternæsset (lat. 76° 04', long. 19° 54'). Here we found 3 tent- 

 rings, 1 shelter, 6 — 7 temporary meat-stores, 1 grave and 2 other 

 stone-structures. 



Regarding this place First-Lieutenant Bistrup has written in his 

 diary for May 2nd 1908. 



"Кар Beurmanns Næs. I found a tent-ring ^ and 2 temporary meat-stores 

 (Hare). Tlie tent-ring and one of the meat-stores' lay in the line Haystaclv 

 on the east point of Depotskæret in Bessels Fjord, ca. 5 meters above the 



'.(692). -'(693). 



