Ethnographic Description of the Esl<irao Settlements 333 



Кар Buch (lat. 75° 08', long. 19° 29'). On the north side of 

 Кар Buch in Ardencaple Inlet Jarner found 2 shelters (750) on an 

 old beach-terrace, ca. 3 meters above the sea and near the present 

 shore-line. They were small, intended for one man only. 



In the interior of Ardencaple Inlet the shore has steep sides at 

 several places and no stone remains were found here. 



West side of Shannon (lat. 75° 09', long. 18° 52' (estimated)). 

 On the west shore of Shannon Gustav Thostrup's sledge-expedition 

 found a slone-structure (751) on the south side of a large stone ca. 

 1 M. high. It was measured and drawn by Charles Poulsen (PI. 

 Ill) and found to be rectangular, 225 M. long in the direction east 

 to west and 1-75 M. broad. The stones of the west wall lay in a 

 double row, probably disturbed. The east and south walls were 

 remarkably straight and the stones seemed to have been carefully 

 chosen. They were everywhere 030 M. long, 015 M. broad and 

 010 M. high. The floorplace was covered by coarser shore-gravel, 

 which had been levelled with care. It seemed to lie somewhat 

 higher than the surroundings. There was no doorway to be found 

 in the structure, which lay ca. 75 meters from the beach and ca. 

 3 meters above the sea. 



The stones have now been moved from their previous position, 

 as they were used for the tent of the sledge party. 



Кар David Gray (lat. 74° 58', long. 18° 31'). This Cape bounds 

 Freeden Bay to the west'. Here 4 winter-houses, 1 trap, 2 tem- 

 porary meat-stores and 1 grave were found. 



In Freeden Bay there is a tendency to the formation of channels 

 with thin ice or open water throughout the whole year, which con- 

 ditions are probably good for the hunting. In November 1906 the 

 sledge-team of Mylius-Erichsen found open water in these parts. 

 At New Year 1907—08 Gustav Thostrup's sledge-party met with 

 large stretches of open water here, but they got no chance to shoot 

 bear or seal, though they remained a month on Bass Rock. At 



1 The summer settlement belonging to these winter-houses laj' somewhat further 

 east in Freeden Bay, where tent-rings and children's structures (small heaps 

 of various coloured stones and small tent-rings) were found; see Koldewey: 

 I, pp. 563 — 64. Regarding the other remains on Shannon 0, see Koldewey: I, 

 pp. 330— 31, 598-600, 635 (not winter-houses, cf. p. 598), 641 and Thalbitzer: 

 p. 333 ("Shannon Island" in the table only embraces "Кар Philipp Broke 

 Peninsula"; no winter-houses were found here (cf. Koldeavey: I, pp. 330, 

 598, 635). 



