426 Thomas Thomsen. 



of publishing his work on the basis of highly inadequate study of his 

 subject, and afterwards seeking to lay the blame on the Museum, 

 carries its own condemnation. 



The fact that the work in question has been accorded a place among 

 the "Meddelelser om Grønland" which stand in so high repute as scientific 

 publications, renders it impossible to disregard it altogether; the title 

 in question is very properly regarded in scientific circles as conferring 

 a patent of reliability. As a matter of fact, however, it should be borne 

 in mind that the editors of the series do not hold themselves responsible 

 for the contents of the volumes, and the individual author's selection 

 of quotations, his treatment of literary sources, his description of objects 

 and statements concerning their origin are thus likewise outside the Com- 

 mittee's control. 



Since the foregoing was written, other works have appeared bearing 

 in part upon the same points, and in certain respects supplementing 

 the observations therein contained. It will therefore be proper to call 

 attention to the publications in question. They are as follows: 



Nordisk Tidskrift for Vetenskap, Konst och Industri, 1914, pp. 



530 — 34, a review by Gudmund Hatt. 

 Meddelelser om Grønland, vol. 51; Morten P. Porsild, Studies 



on the material culture of the Eskimo in West Greenland. 

 Det Grønlandske Selskabs Aarsskrift 1915, pp. 62 — 71, a review 



by Kaj Birket-Smith. 



The editors of Meddelelser om Grønland having intimated that a 

 reply from Cand. Thalbitzer will be published in the same volume as 

 the present work, and that the discussion, as far as the periodical in 

 question is concerned, will therewith be considered closed, I take this 

 opportunity of mentioning that a further statement on my part may, 

 if deemed necessary, be expected to appear in a Danish or English 

 periodical. 



Finally, I beg to express my best thanks to the Carlsberg Fund, 

 which has borne the expenses of the foregoing work. 



CORRECTIONS TO W. THALBITZER'S ETHNOGRAPHICAL 

 COLLECTIONS FROM EAST GREENLAND. 



369. L. 3; "ornamental expansions". These expansions are not orna- 

 ments, but are of practical importance, being intended to strengthen 

 those parts where the pull of the thong is felt. 



380. Fig. 83a (Mus. No. L. 4940) was not brought over by Holm, but 

 by W. Thalbitzer 1906. 



