426 THomMas THOMSEN. 
of publishing his work on the basis of highly inadequate study of his 
subject, and afterwards seeking to lay the blame on the Museum, 
carries its own condemnation. 
The fact that the work in question has been accorded a place among 
the “Meddelelser om Grønland” which stand in so high repute as scientific 
publications, renders it impossible to disregard it altogether; the title 
in question is very properly regarded in scientific circles as conferring 
a patent of reliability. As a matter of fact, however, it should be borne 
in mind that the editors of the series do not hold themselves responsible 
for the contents of the volumes, and the individual author’s selection 
of quotations, his treatment of literary sources, his description of objects 
and statements concerning their origin are thus likewise outside the Com- 
mittee’s control. 
Since the foregoing was written, other works have appeared bearing 
in part upon the same points, and in certain respects supplementing 
the observations therein contained. It will therefore be proper to call 
attention to the publications in question. They are as follows: 
Nordisk Tidskrift for Vetenskap, Konst och Industri, 1914, pp. 
530—34, a review by GUDMUND Harr. 
Meddelelser om Grønland, vol. 51; Morten P. PorsıLv, Studies 
on the material culture of the Eskimo in West Greenland. 
Det Grønlandske Selskabs Aarsskrift 1915, pp. 62—71, a review 
by Kas BIRKET-SMITH. 
The editors of Meddelelser om Gronland having intimated that a 
reply from Cand. THALBITZER will be published in the same volume as 
the present work, and that the discussion, as far as the periodical in 
question is concerned, will therewith be considered closed, I take this 
opportunity of mentioning that a further statement on my part may, 
if deemed necessary, be expected to appear in a Danish or English 
periodical. 
Finally, I beg to express my best thanks to the Carlsberg Fund, 
which has borne the expenses of the foregoing work. 
CORRECTIONS TO W. THALBITZER’S ETHNOGRAPHICAL 
COLLECTIONS FROM EAST GREENLAND. 
Page. 
369. L.3; “ornamental expansions’. These expansions are not orna- 
ments, but are of practical importance, being intended to strengthen 
those parts where the pull of the thong is felt. 
380. Fig. 83a (Mus. No. L. 4940) was not brought over by Horm, but 
by W. THALBITZER 1906. 
