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as a whole, remarkably few and slight. Thus, as mentioned above, 

 (pp. 41517) a so important article as the sledge in North-east Green- 

 land differs very considerably in dimensions from the little narrow 

 sledge of Angmagsalik, while on the other hand, it closely resembles 

 the West Greenland type. Harpoon heads, also, resemble more cer- 

 tain West Greenland forms than the characteristic fashion of Ang- 

 magsalik. The needlecase, again, which in North-east Greenland is 

 found in its oldfashioned form (pp. 365 66) is of comparatively 

 frequent occurrence in West Greenland north of the Arctic Circle, 

 while, as far as I know, only one specimen of this type has ever 

 been found in South Greenland, and in Angmagsalik it is replaced 

 by the needle skin. Something similar may be noted with regard 

 to the men's knives of bone, grooved for insertion of a cutting edge 

 (p. 429 et seqq.) ; of these also, numerous specimens are known from 

 the northern part of the West Coast, there is a single one from South 

 Greenland, and on the southern part of the East Coast, including 

 Angmagsalik, it is altogether lacking. 



It would certainly seem that some little importance should be 

 attached to these features, albeit it may be admitted, that Angmag- 

 salik and the southern part of the East Coast are, from the archae- 

 ological point of view, somewhat of a terra incognita, where future 

 finds may lead us to alter our views in some degree. 



There are, nevertheless, also points of contact between North-east 

 Greenland and Angmagsalik. Among the series of harpoon heads 

 from North-east Greenland, one (RYDER I, p. 314, Fig. 13 b) which 

 was found as far south as Scoresby Sound, differs from the rest. 

 It is furnished with one lateral barb in front, a peculiarity doubt- 

 less borrowed from the south, as it is not found in any of the 

 many specimens from farther north. 



Another link with the south is afforded by some of the loose 

 shafts belonging to the larger hunting weapons. It has been shown 

 above that the typical feature of this part of the weapon in North- 

 east Greenland is its conical posterior termination, as found in 

 earlier specimens from West Greenland. In the region about Scoresby 

 Sound, however, we have in this case also to note a certain reser- 

 vation: incipient transition to the newer type of connection between 

 shaft and foreshaft, as found in Angmagsalik, the foreshaft being cut 

 off flat, save only for a slight projection in the centre, answering to 

 a hole in the flat surface of the shaft mounting (cf. pp. 39091). 



These two features are of interest as indicating the existence of 

 some contact between the North-east Greenlanders and those of Ang- 

 magsalik in the region about Scoresby Sound. That such indications 

 - among which should doubtless also be reckoned the sporadic 



