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hunting excursions, so that the great hunters of different settlements 

 have often come together here. 



Higher up on the islet was a trap (705), 0-65 M. long, 013M. 

 broad and 020 M. high. The falling door was wanting. 



On the north-east side of a large stone boulder we found a 

 shelter (706), formed of a single row of stones. It was 110 M. long, 

 068 M. broad and the doorway which faced the N. W. was 018 M. 

 broad. 



At several places I saw semicircular, low shelters (707), open 

 towards the north. These shelters were ca. 2 M. in diameter and 

 ca. 0-50 M. high and seemed to have been intended for regular use; 

 they were probably closely connected with the visits paid to the 

 depot 704. 



As these shelters were built, the place for lying in was on the 

 north side, the windy side; this is very practical S since whilst the 

 leeside will be covered with snow after a drift, the other side will 

 be free of snow and thus offer a good lying-place, when a pelt is 

 used for shelter against the wind. This condition was very clearly 

 seen when I visited the place in February 1908. 



Stations© (lat. 76° 02', long. 19° 57'). Here we found 2 tent- 

 rings, 1 temporary meat-store and 3 fire-places. 



On the south side of Stationsø in Bessels Fjord 2 tent-rings 

 were found by Bistrup. They lay just at the beach, east-west 

 from one another, on small loose stones. The one furthest to the 

 west (708) was large, the other (709) comparatively small. In the 

 one there was a good deal of snow in April — Maj 1908. At the 

 western tent-ring was a fire-place (710), probably opposite the door- 

 way; at the eastern 2 fire-places (711), the one just at the side of 

 the doorway, the other a couple of meters south of the tent-ring. 



A temporary meat-store (712), circular, IV2 M. in external dia- 

 meter, was found ca. 10 meters south of the tent-rings. 



Кар Arendts Næs (lat. 75° 57', long. 18° 48'). Here 7 tent-rings'^, 

 1 grave and 1 cairn were found. 



South of Кар Arendts the south end of Store Koldewey runs 

 out in a naze about 20 kilometers long, most probably rocky 

 ground covered with small gravel. Here and there the rock projects 

 through the gravel. The screw-ice drives close past the east side 

 of this naze and large masses of ice are carried round the south 

 point and several kilometers up along the west side, where they 



* Regarding the Eskimos' understanding of snow-drifts, see Amundsen: p. 243. 

 - Cf. Duc dOrlkans 2: p. 263. 



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