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formation had been collected by Holm while he wintered at 

 Angmagsalik; for the Eskimo that lived here had in former 

 times gone on hunting expeditions up along the coast. 



But the country from the 6Hth° of latitude to Scoresby 

 Sund was a terra incognita, at least as far as the Eskimo 

 population was concerned. It might be that the conformation 

 of the coast here was such as to offer particularly favourable 

 conditions for Eskimo existence. In this case it was possible 

 that descendants of the Eskimo who had disappeared from the 

 district north of Scoresby Sund were living here. But if, 

 on the other hand, the coast was uninhabited, it was possible 

 that indications might be found that the Eskimo had wandered 

 down the coast until the attractions of the Angmagsalik 

 District, which to an Eskimo must appear a perfect paradise, 

 had caused them to settle here for good. 



However, as a matter of fact, we met no living Eskimo 

 on the whole stretch between the Angmagsalik District 

 and Scoresby Sund. But in many places along the coast 

 we met in the form of ruins of houses, tent encampments, 

 graves etc. indications that the Eskimo had been there. 



These ruins of houses, tent encampments, graves etc. now 

 formed the objects of our research. We were fortunate enough 

 at Nualik (67° 15' 32") to light upon a house the inhabitants 

 of which were extinct, whereby a large collection of Eskimo 

 implements etc. fell into our hands. And in Skaergaards 

 Halvoen (68° 07' 20") we discovered some graves which 

 yielded an uncommonly rich collection. Besides this, smaller 

 discoveries were made in other isolated coast places, as e. g. 

 in Dun holm (69° 54''9). Altogether the collection which 

 we took home with us was, thanks to the piece of good 

 fortune just spoken of, a fairly rich one, when due allowance 

 is made for the short time the Expedition had at its disposal, 

 the many other tasks allotted to it, and the mode of travelling 



