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meet in a fairlj' rounded tip. Length 12'6cm.; maximum breadth of blade 

 31 cm., minimum breadth of handle Г9 cm., breadth at its butt end 21 cm. 

 Material, red slate. 



L. 3050, from Snenæs, grave 423 (PI. IX, 4). A very slender knife. On the 

 side of the edge 5-5 cm. from the butt end, the transition from blade to handle 

 is faintly marked, and at the back they merge evenly one into the other. 

 The extreme thickness occurs near the back along a ridge behind which 

 the back portion has been thinned, and even slightly hollowed down, by 

 grinding. The maximum thickness (8 mm.) occurs in the posterior portion 

 of the blade, whence it diminishes gradually towards both ends; the butt end 

 of the handle, which is rounded, is 4 mm. thick. Length 17-7 cm., extreme 

 breadth 2 cm. Material, red slate. 



L. 3916, from Rypefjeldet, house 523 (PI. XXI, 9). A large and heavy knife. 

 On the edge side, blade and handle are differentiated by a shoulder 7 cm. 

 from the butt end; at the back, which is slightly curved, they merge evenly 

 one into the other. The knife increases gradually in thickness towards the 

 back, where, in the handle portion, it is as much as 14 cm. thick. Present 

 length 195 cm., but the tip is missing; extreme breadth of the blade 4 9 cm.; 

 breadth of handle 35— 3-7 cm. Material, dark slate. 



L. 3986, from one of the houses 522-524 at Rypefjeldet (PI. XXI, 8). Broad, 

 but comparatively thin. The outlines of the back and edge are fairly straight 

 and converge throughout their whole length towards the point. The extreme 

 breadth, 4*5 cm., occurs at the transition from blade to handle; thence the 

 handle narrows to 31 cm. at its end. Behind the polished face of the edge 

 itself the thickness is fairl}'^ uniform, 5 — 6 mm. The handle, 65 cm. long, 

 thins out towards the butt end and terminates in an oblique line. Length 

 154 cm. Material, reddish slate. 



L. 3987, from the same locality as the preceding (PI. XXI, 3). Edge and 

 back curve towards a fairly rounded point. From the median line the knife 

 diminishes in thickness towards the edge and back, without the latter, how- 

 ever, becoming sharp. The shoulders, which are very slight, occur at the 

 cutting edge 45, at the back 52 cm. from the butt end, which is rounded. 

 Two holes have been drilled in the handle, one at the butt in front of the 

 median line and another behind the median line 25 cm. from the butt. Length 

 1Г7ст.; extreme breadth 25 cm. Material, greenish slate. 



L. 3988, from the same locality as the two preceding (PI. XXI, 2). Frag- 

 ment of the blade of a slender knife, similar to L. 3050. The one end is fractured, 

 at the other (uppermost in the figure) a plane surface is seen, probably po- 

 lished after a fracture. Length 6 cm., breadth 15. Material, light green- 

 ish slate. 



L. 3970, from Rypefjeldet, house 527. Fragment of the blade of a knife; 

 length 53 cm., breadth 3*5 cm.; it increases in thickness towards the back. 

 Material, brownish slate. 



L. 3948, from Rypefjeldet, house 528. Fore end of a fairly broad knife- 

 blade; the two edges diverge rather widely. Length 55 cm., extreme breadth 

 3 cm. Material, dark grey slate. 



L. 4163, from the spring settlement at Rypefjeldet, tent 624 (PI. XXI, 6). 

 Fragment of blade and handle of a knife. The constriction for the handle 

 and the back edge have been very roughly hewn, and are partly damaged. 

 Length 65 cm., extreme breadth 3 cm. Material dark grey slate. 



Knives of this class have also been found previously in North- 

 east Greenland, for instance, a rudely made specimen preserved in 



