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lour-gun, went with us to the place where the ermines lived. 

 It was on the west side of Turner Sund, almost straight be- 

 fore the river bay on a slope a little above the beach. A great 

 collection of stones with many hiding places among them, formed 

 their main dwelling; close by heather was found, a little 

 farther on some willows were growing; the melt water had formed 



Fig. 2. 



(Drawn by E. Ditlevsen.) 



runs through the earth, down towards Turner Sund, and in 

 streaks swept off the looser layers of earth, in a way that only 

 the bigger stones were left in the runs. Quietly we sat down 

 waiting. Ditlevsen scraped with his pencil on a stone , and it 

 was not long before the small animals curiously put forth their 

 heads from their hiding places, to disappear again in a hurry. 

 Then we scraped again on a stone, piped like a lemming, and 



