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we were obliged by the nature of the country to adopt 

 throughout the greater part of this stretch of coast. 



All the investigations from the Ângmagsalik District 

 to Кар Dalton (69° 24'-6), which were carried out on the 

 various boat excursions I made along this coast in 1898, 1899 

 and 1900, were superintended by myself. The investigations 

 from Кар Dalton to Scoresby Sund were undertaken by 

 the ship Expedition, which, during my absence on boat excur- 

 sions, was conducted by Dr. Hartz. 



In the following pages I shall proceed to give a detailed 

 account of these investigations. 



Moreover, I shall give some account of a dwelling-place 

 discovered and examined by lieutenant Koch at Кар Tobin 

 (70° 24''6), as it presents several points of interest, augmenting, 

 as it does, our stock of knowledge as to the settlements on 

 Scoresby Sund with fresh facts, whereas the more nor- 

 therly settlements at Кар Borlase Warren and in Sa- 

 bine Ö did not furnish any new data, and therefore shall only 

 receive a passing mention here. 



Now that the whole East coast from Кар Farvel to 

 Кар Bridgeman has been examined, it is no longer a 

 matter for wonder that a large Eskimo population is to be 

 found in the Angmagsalik District, whereas it has 

 completely disappeared from the stretch of coast to the north, 

 and only a scattered population is found along the stretch of 

 coast to the south. For the Angmagsalik District is 

 unquestionably that part of the coast which presents the best 

 conditions for the Eskimo in their difficult struggle for exist- 

 ence '). Here we find the largest group of islands of the whole 



M See ..Meddelelser om Grønland". Vol. XXVII. P. 143. 



