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sea. The tent-ring is circular, ca. 2 lengths of my lever ^ in diameter. The 

 second meat-store ^ lay east of the tent-ring (probably 100 meters). About 

 500 meters west of the tenting-ground (the naze) I found a graved This was 

 oblong, fairlj^ narrow, ca. 30 inches*, and covered with large stones. The 

 grave was filled with snow, but after some search I found a skull which 

 I took with me. How the body has lain, I could not determine. The main 

 axis of the grave lay west to east". 



Furthest west on Vesternæsset, ca. 7 kilometers west of Кар Beur- 

 mann, 2 tent-rings, 1 shelter, 4 — 5 temporary meat-stores and 2 other 

 stone remains were also found (see PI. III). 



The Naze seemed to be somewhat unsuitable for settlement, 

 as it consisted of a great heap of stones with many sharp pieces 

 among them. In February 1908 there was a good deal of snow 

 on the Naze. The shores along the interior of Bessels Fjord were 

 investigated, but no remains were found. The sledging in Bessels 

 Fjord was the best one could wish for; in April and May the 

 sledge-team of the Expedition saw many bears here and Jarner 

 described the locality as a good place for bear hunters. 



Both of the tent-rings (696 and 697) were circular, 300 M. in 

 diameter. In tent-ring 696 the 042 M. broad doorway faced the 

 S. S. W. ; to the left of this was a small stone-heap — cooking place 

 — inside the ring"'; some seal-bones lay here. At the doorway the 

 tent-stones were large, the remainder however were of ordinary size. 

 Tent-ring 697 had large tent-stones and no doorway. 



The temporary meat-store 698 was found 30 meters S. E. of 

 the tent-ring 696, ca. 2 meters above the sea. It was circular, 1 M. 

 in external diameter and formed of large and ordinary stones. Near 

 the tent-rings were 3 — 4 temporary meat-stores (699), but there was 

 no opportunity to investigate these. 



Shelter 700 (PI. Ill) was found ca. 10 meters above the sea, 

 built on the west side of a large stone boulder. The back wall of 

 the shelter was built up to a height of 050 M., but the side walls 

 only consisted of a single row of stones 0*30 M. high. 



Just outside the doorway was a small heap of red and white 

 pebbles^ (701), presumably with some religious significance (cf. 

 p. 197). I took some of these with me for the collections, but un- 

 fortunateh' lost them on the return journey one night as we crossed 

 over the screw-ice on the east side of Store Koldewey. 



On the opposite side of the stone boulder a quantity of stones 

 of various sizes (702) had been piled in a heap. I could not under- 

 stand the meaning of these; possibly they were meant for a grave, 

 but the limited time I had for investigation (w^e had no food for 



1 Ca. 3-50 M. 2 (694). ^ (695). * Ca. (180 M. '' Cf. Knud Rasmussen 2: p. 5. 

 " Cf. Koldewey : I, p. 564 (small heaps of various coloured stones). 



