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posts which also serve as supports for the kayaks 

 (Fig. 17). On the slope of a neighbouring hill 

 were some modern graves, with a small wooden 

 cross at the head of each, and close to these were 

 several much older burial-places of past generations 

 from which the crosses had long since disappeared. 



The Settlement of Jakobshavn, one of the largest 

 in Greenland, with a human population of rather 

 more than 400 and at least as many dogs, is an 

 important fishing centre. At most of the Settle- 

 ments there were few signs of regular activity, the 

 inhabitants, both men and women, being chiefly 

 occupied in critical observation of the unusual 

 visitors, but at Jakobshavn business was com- 

 paratively brisk. The women seen in Fig. 18 are 

 engaged in cutting up a recent catch of Hellefisk 

 (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides\ large flat fish re- 

 sembling halibut, which are packed in barrels with 

 salt and exported to Denmark. 



Over all the Settlements except that on the east 

 coast, which is controlled direct from Denmark, 

 is the Director for Greenland, with his head- 

 quarters at Copenhagen, who visits the country 

 every few years: under him are two Inspectors, 

 one for South Greenland, with his headquarters 

 at Godthaab, and one for North Greenland, who 

 lives at Godhavn, on Disko Island. The boundary 

 between the two inspectorates lies a few miles 

 north of the Arctic Circle. At the smaller Settle- 

 ments there is usually an Eskimo Manager under 

 the supervision of the Danish Factor of one of the 

 larger Settlements, and a native catechist, who in 



