The Ammassalik Eskimo. 453 
He omits to point out, however, that the peculiar spacing is of his own 
invention. | 
On pp. 419—420, he repeatedly mentions the name of the Swedish 
ethnographer SWENANDER, with reference to my book. Unfortunately, 
the name is throughout incorrectly spelt — but this is Hr. THomsEn’s 
error, and not mine. — On р. 39456 Hr. THOMSEN states that I have 
referred fig. 273 incorrectly to Ногм’; collection; the reference is how- 
ever, corrected on p. 755 of my work, and the same applies to several 
similar cases. — On p. 428 (ad 478) we find a verb in the singular (“is”, 
etc) used with reference to the contents of my fig. 190, although the 
reference is to two objects. It is thus doubtful which of the two should 
be understood. — On р. 429 (ad 512) he makes mention of a fig. 531¢ in my 
book; none such, however, exists, as my figure numbers end with 398]. 
It was never my intention, I admit, to make an exhaustive investi- 
gation into the criticism of sources. What I sought in these old works 
was ethnographic material, not historical detail, and I still believe that 
my work is not without some value as having called attention to certain 
little-known passages bearing on the ethnography of the Eskimo in older 
times. Even if I have here and there been at fault — which I am the 
first to regret — my excerpts from the older writers yet contain much 
correct and noteworthy information of interest from the point of view 
of historical ethnography. 
p. 389. — My book is intended to deal with the ethnography of 
the East Greenlanders, and in some degree also to compare the same 
with that of the West Greenlanders and other Eskimo. (And it should 
be borne in mind, that no detailed description of the ethnography of 
the West Greenlanders has yet been written). 
My statement as to the number of Greenlanders brought, accor- 
ding to OLEARIUS, to this country from Greenland via Norway, is in 
accordance with the facts, since I did not include such as died and were 
buried before reaching here. On p. 436, I have correctly noted their 
route as via Bergen; the “via Trondhjem” in Note 2 p. 682 is thus due 
to a slip of the pen.! 
On р. 39012, —“Weare informed by Mr. THALBITZER that he [NıcoLas 
TUNES] ‘landed at 64° 10’ N. lat.” My critic will not be able to weaken 
this fact. The figure may be seen in DE Porncy, and appeared to me 
more essential than the subsequent 72°, since there might from the first 
be some doubt as to the accuracy of these localities, which were not 
‘obtained directly from the Dutch captain, but have only been handed 
1 The same applies to the title of Jacopzus’ book on the Royal private 
Museum, which is correctly given, in my “List of works consulted” as 
Museum Regium ete. but which I unfortunately happen to refer to on 
p. 685 (cf Thomsen p. 392) as Theatrum (instead of Museum) — possibly 
owing to the fact that the Latin preface to the work commences with the 
words: “Theatro Orbis publico Museum Regium se sistit” etc. 
