422 THOMAS THOMSEN. 
any complete perforation above, which also agrees with the speci- 
mens of this nature preserved in the Museum (cf. Fig. 6), whereas 
none of the alternative construction have been brought over as yet. 
If this be the case, then we are still without a final conclusion of the 
discussion regarding Fig. 5. And if I may be permitted to offer a hint, 
I would suggest that Mr. THALBITZER in his next work should consider 
the possibility of ice harpoons. 
The instance above quoted will doubtless suffice to 
show that the treatment of the material, and the results 
arrived at, are very similar to what we find in the author’s 
last published work. The latter is, indeed, possibly superior 
in some respects; Captain AMDRUP, for instance, had been 
careful to obtain reliable information on the spot as to 
the uses of the implements in his collection, in addition 
to which Mr. THALBITZER has here had the advantage of 
being able, during a period of two years, to draw upon 
the firsthand knowledge of so experienced an authority as 
Kolonibestyrer JoHAN PETERSEN}. 
The foregoing observations have been mainly con- 
cerned with the scientific side of Cand. THALBITZER’S 
work. I cannot however refrain from adding a few words 
concerning his reference to the Museum with which I am 
connected, and which he has made use of for the purposes 
of his work, albeit, as we have seen, to so slight a degree, 
and in a manner so peculiar, as greatly to impair the 
scientific value of his work as a whole. 
On p. 328, we are told that “only a part” of the 
Greenland collections “are said to have been set up in 
cases”; the reader will, however, look in vain for any de- 
finite statement as to who has “said” so. The Museum 
authorities, of whom it would be most natural to enquire, 
Fig. 6. 4. have certainly never said anything of the kind. The fact 
of the matter is, that since the general rearrangement of 
the collections, made some ten years back, 1) all the Greenland objects 
are fully exposed for scientific inspection in the gallery set apart for this 
section 2) with the exception of supplementary specimens and fragments 
from the finds made on the sites of Eskimo villages, which are placed 
in the window cupboards?, everything is set out in glass cases where 
1 Tuas, Il, р. 324. 
2 These cases, which, it need hardly be said, are likewise accessible for scien- 
tific inspection, contain only matters of little importance to the scientist, 
and nothing at all belonging to either Hozm’s, Amprtp’s, JOHAN PETER- 
SEN’S Or THALBITZER’S Collection. With regard to Horm’s collection, Мг. 
THALBITZER states in one place, with a somewhat ambiguous expression, 
that it “has lain” in the Museum since 1888; this is, however, according to 
a later written statement of the Author himself, to be understood as mea- 
ning that is has been on exhibition since that time. 
