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sen surveyed thus some few ruins in the fiords lying nearer south of Juli- 
anehaab. 
After the dwellings had been found amongst the Greenland Norse- 
ruins, it was not difficult to supply the whole of the farm contrivances 
(more of which later on). 
By comparing the ruin-groups now found, with the most reliable 
original texts — partly in the Landnamabook, partly in two fiord inven- 
tones, which were later copied by BIörn JONSSON and ARNGRIMUR 
JØNSSON, originating from the 17” century, also Greenland’s description 
from the 14 century by Ivar BAARDSON, and finally in a special 
church inventory in the Flateybook — Professor FINNUR JONSSON was 
able to identify fiords and farms, in “Gronlands gamle Topografi efter 
Kilderne" (in ,,Meddelelser om Grønland” XX). Egger’s theory on the 
whole still held good. The position of Battahlid was an essential altera- 
tion, it was now moved to the west side of Tunugdliarfik (at Kagssiarssuk) 
instead of like previously, at Igaliko in the fiord of the same name. 
Here moreover the bishop-see Gardar undoubtedly had existed. 
The author had meanwhile, after the investigations in Greenland in 
1894, during the following years visited Vorway, Faroe Islands and Iceland, 
from where Greenland’s civilization originated, and here, archeological т- 
vestigations concerning the habits and buildings of the olden days were 
undertaken. So there was in many respects a better foundation to start 
on when I, in 1903 visited Godthaab’s district in Greenland, to undertake 
similar investigations in the western settlement to those I had under- 
taken in the eastern settlement. 
As indicated, J. A. D. JENSEN’S expeditions in 1878, 1884, 1885, 
in Godthaab’s district had occasionally made observations regarding the 
Norse ruins. He was accompanied in 1878 by cand. polyt., later tutor 
А. №. KORNERUP and architect Е. T. Свотн, and in 1884 by the artist 
А. С. Виз CARSTENSEN and in 1885 by first heutenant С. RYDER and 
doctor SOREN HANSEN. 
In 1903 I undertook, accompanied by the at that time Inspector 
of south Greenland, О. BENDIXEN and the Greenlander, and printer 
Joun MÖLLER (the son of the well known Lars Müller), investigations 
in the fiords within Godthaab, chiefly in Pisigsarfik, Ameralik, Ameragdla, 
and Ilivdlek, where some few unknown ruin-groups were found. The 
excavations were undertaken principally in a churchyard at the head 
of Ameralik (most likely the ancient Lysufiord). Later on Hans Egede’s 
first dwelling place was found (by Igdluerünerit) on an island outside 
Godthaab’sfiord, after which I went south along the coast and visited 
some ruin-groups in Agdlumérsat and Fiskenessfiord in the next place 
to try and find a connection to my investigations from 1894, through 
a searching of the fiords in the ancient eastern settlement’s northern 
part, which up to now were fairly unexplored. 
