152 DANIEL BRUUN. 
In “Greenland’s historical memorial works” С. С. RAFN maintained 
that Egger's theory was right. He was confirmed in this, especially 
by the naval officer, Captain A. V. GRAAH not having found ruins on 
Greenland's east coast when on his expedition (1829—32) and again 
alter different men, who were attached to Greenland, had undertaken 
investigations and excavations especially in Julianehaabs district. 
J. J. А. \МовзАлЕ described everyone of the known ruins in this 
work from the material in hand. From 1845, when it was finished 
and right up to The commission for the geological and geographical investi- 
gations in Greenland (“Kommissionen for de geologiske og geografiske 
Undersøgelser г Grønland”) which was formed (1876) on Professor Е. 
JOHNSTRUPS initiative, no essentially new accounts of Norse ruins were 
produced. 
Н. Rink who was highly merited for his investigations of Greenland, 
lived there for twenty years (from 1848) as inspector and later on as 
director for the royal Greenland commerce, being also greatly interested 
in the ruins; he also sided with Eggers’ theory. 
After the first expedition, sent out by the Greenland commission, 
under the geologist К. J. У. STEENSTRUP (assisted by First Lieutenant 
in the navy Gustav Норм and cand. polyt А. N. Ковмевор) had in 1876 
occasionally drawn and surveyed some few Norse ruins, the above men- 
tioned First Lieutenant (now direetor pilot and commodore) Holm got 
in 1880, together with others, the task of undertaking some excavations 
and make ground-plans of the groups of ruins in Julianehaab’s district. 
He was accompanied by Architect GROTH and by cand. polyt С. PETER- 
SEN. They carried out a very meritorious work, in making a plan of the 
country over a number of the most important groups of ruins, as well 
as their undertaking some excavations. 
At the American congress in 1883 in Copenhagen, STEENSTRUP 
summed up the achieved results. In the same year the Swede Baron 
Ароте NORDENSKIÖLD undertook his renowned Greenland expedition 
on board the ship “Sofia”. He was altogether disinclined to consider some 
of the ruins discovered in Julianehaab’s distriet to be of Norwegian 
origin, he supposed them sooner to date from Dutchmen, who had visited 
the country. There was no doubt in the scientifie world of his view 
being quite without foundation. He was of the opinion that he had 
seen Norwegian ruins at Angmagssalik, and he took up afresh the idea 
of the eastern settlement’s lying on Greenland’s east coast. 
Meanwhile when Gustav Horm and first lieutenant (now com- 
modore) T. V. GARDE just at this period (1883—85) undertook their 
Umiak-expedition, from the south point of Greenland, up along the 
east coast, where Holm found Eskimoes at Angmagssalik, without their 
having found Norse ruins anywhere; the question as to where the 
eastern settlement had lain, had to be irrevocably answered that it 
had lain on the west side. 
