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the end of April 1908, on the other hand, Jarner's party saw seals 

 on the ice and man}' bears. 



The remains were found on a point west of the Cape, except 

 for the one winter-house (758). The investigation of the settlement was 

 made by Jarner, but Hendrik Olsen brought me some supple- 

 mentary measurements. These were made partly by means of a 

 gun and partly by stepping the distances. The distance between 

 the houses 751 and 752 was ca. 17 — 18 meters, the direction N. N. W. 

 to S. S. E. At the houses the ear of a seal, some reindeer antlers 

 and an underjaw (fox?) projected up out of the snow. The house- 

 spaces were much covered with snow and in one of them Jarner 

 dug down 1 M. at several places without finding anything but snow, 

 — even along the walls, so that he obtained the impression that 

 the roof of the house had been removed. 



The following table gives the measurements: 



All the measurements were made above the fallen-in houses. 



The 2 temporary meat-stores (755) were found between the 

 winter-houses and the shore. 



A trap partially in ruins (756) was seen N. E. of the winter- 

 houses; it has been 030 M. broad and 015 M. high. 



East of the trap lay a grave (757) in a somewhat lower position. 

 A large stone formed its east wall. At the other sides is consisted 

 of a semicircular, arched stone-box, built of large and ordinary 

 stones. Above the head end lay a specially large stone, obviously 

 the last one placed on it as a lid. The skull lay at the north end 

 of the grave. The face looked to the west, the top of the skull 

 towards the north, the first vertebrae and the ribs in a corresponding 

 position, but a little crooked as if the face had been turned to the 

 side to look down towards the winter-houses. The rest of the 

 skeleton was frozen into the ground and could not be examined. 

 There was so much earth in the grave, that it seems as if this must 

 have been placed in it and packed down over the body. The grave 

 was not sufficiently long that the body could lie straight out. 



