PREFACE. vii 



The compilation of the list of names of places in Greenland 

 has been a difficult task, and it is feared that it falls short of 

 what might have been prepared if more time could have been 

 bestowed upon it. The intention has been to give the name of 

 every place on the coast of Greenland from the Dannebrog 

 Islands, in latitude 65° 15' N. on the eastern side, round Cape 

 Farewell, to the entrance of Smith Sound ; with columns 

 for the Eskimo names, their meanings, identifications of 

 ancient Norman sites, Danish names, names and latitudes on 

 the Admiralty Chart, and remarks. The Eskimo meanings 

 have been kindly supplied by Dr. Eink, and the Norman iden- 

 tifications are mainly due to the learning of Mr. Major. Much 

 laborious assistance, in the preparation of this list, has also been 

 given by Commander A. H. Markham, r.n., f.r.g.s., of H.M.S. 

 Alert 



A short but interesting paper follows, by Dr. Kink, on the 

 descent of the Eskimo ; and the elaborate memoir by the late 

 Dr. Simpson, r.n., of H.M.S. Plover, on the Western Eskimo, 

 completes this Section. The volume concludes with a report, 

 and a series of questions, which were prepared in 1872, by 

 a Committee of the Council of the Anthropological Institute. 



CLEMENTS R. MARKHAM, 



Secretary R.G.S. 



