382 THOMAS THOMSEN. 
there, who recognised the things as having belonged to a party which 
had set out to the northward in 1882, and had never returned!. 
These three collections together serve to illustrate the culture of 
Angmagsalik at about the time of its discovery. 
In 1894, a new stage in the development of the place was reached, 
a Danish trading station and mission settlement being then established 
there. Since that time, the trading interest has been superintended by 
one man, Kolonibestyrer JOHAN PETERSEN, who had himself been one 
of the members of the Horm expedition. Keenly interested in ethno- 
graphical work, Hr. JOHAN PETERSEN has repeatedly rendered valuable 
service to the National Museum, not only by procuring specified objects 
which it was desirable to acquire, but also by personally tendering in- 
dependent contributions. The Mission authorities also took an interest 
in the work, and both Pastor С. Riirret and his successor, Kr. Rosine, 
have furnished material of great value, and hardly obtamable from 
other quarters, such as for instance the collection of amulets given up 
by newly baptised Eskimos; Pastor Rosına’s collection of these is 
particularly valuable, on account of the detailed information with which 
it is supplemented. 
Finally, a small collection, the result of a winter’s stay in 1905—06, 
was furnished by Cand. W. THALBITZER. 
In this series of collections, together with such minor additions as 
have been made from time to time, the National Museum possesses 
a remarkably complete equipment illustrative of the material culture 
of Angmagsalik from the time of its discovery in 1884 to the present 
day; the finds relative to older times, however, are very few. 
Since the publication of Horm's work, no scientific treatise dealing 
with this extensive collection has appeared. The task was one of con- 
siderable magnitude, and the announcement of a forthcoming volume 
on the subject, the cost of which was to be defrayed by the Carlsberg 
Fund, naturally aroused no little interest. The first portion of this work 
has now appeared, forming Vol. 39 of Meddelelser om Gronland?, an 
imposing volume, of no less than 755 pages, with illustrations amoun- 
ting to 398 separate figures, the number of objects depicted being con- 
siderable more. 
The work is thus abundantly illustrated; on perusal, however, it 
is at once evident that both the illustrations and the accompanying 
text stand strongly in need of some explanatory supplement or guide. 
The task of furnishing this last devolves, naturally enough, upon the 
National Museum, being a matter of plain duty towards the gentlemen 
1 Meddelelser om Grønland vol. 28, p. 310. 
2 The Ammassalik Eskimo. Contributions to the Ethnology of the East 
Greenland. Edited by Wicziam THALBITZER. First Part. (This work is 
quoted in the following pages as Thalb. II.) 
