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dition, first pointed out by Holm^ and later by Ryder ^ for the 

 Scoresby Sound Eskimos, namely, that there are cultural points 

 of connection between the east coast of Greenland and some- 

 thing so far to the west as the Point Barrow Eskimos. Recently 

 Thalbitzer has also observed such points of resemblance-^. When 

 these authors only mention the Point Barrow Eskimos, the reason 

 is certainly, that we have more definite knowledge of these than 

 of the other tribes along the coast of the mainland to the north. 

 Possibly, these resemblances will also prove to exist with the 

 tribes on the mainland from Boothia Fehx to Coronation Gulf, 

 but from these tribes the "musk-ox way" — also perhaps by 

 slightly différent lines from that shown on the accompanying 

 chart — leads northwards round Greenland, where the condi- 

 tions of life will mean a constant advance for a wandering band 

 and not permit of a long sojourn at any definite region. 

 On the other hand, we can hardly think of a direct connection 

 from more westerly regions than Coronation Gulf. 



1. c, pp. 152 et seq. 



1. с, p. 343; cf. G. Amdrup, The former settlements on the East coast 



of Greenland. Medd. om Grönland. 1909, p. 326. 



W. Thalbitzer, The Amdrup Collection from East Greenland. Medd. om 



Grönland. 1909, pp. 446, 492. 



