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VII. A little inward of the barren rocky point on the East 

 side of the TS'ord F'jord there lay four ruined houses, the di- 

 mensions of which were : 



6 



1 

 Inner length of 



Inner breadth 

 from back 



wall to 

 passage-way 



Length 



of 

 passage- 

 way 



Magnetic direction of 



e 



OB 



Э 



ßack Front 

 wall wall 



Back 

 wall 



Passage-way 



seen from 



within 





m 



m 



m 



m 







1 ! 



3-8 



3-8 



4-1 



6-0 



ENE-WSW 



N 



2 i 



5-G 



5-6 



4-1 



5-6 



E-W 



N 



3 ; 



3-0 2-8 



3-1 



3-8 



ENE-WSW 



N 



4 



1-9 



1-6 



1-9 



41 



NE— SW 



N 



Houses Nos. 1 and 2 looked to be in extraordinarily good 

 preservation, and yet they were undoubtedly of a considerable 

 age, as the stones in the walls were everywhere covered with 

 black lichens. House No. 3 looked to be very old, while No. 4 

 had a fairly new appearance. Nos. 2 and 4 were of a peculiar 

 construction: The passage-way did not start as usual from 

 the middle of the front wall, but away from the East end of 

 the house. 



Vni. The houses at Sarkarmiut were all very large, 

 but were not measured. In one of the numerous surrounding 

 graves was discovered a little wooden box with pieces of bone 

 more or less roughly carved, and in another grave a little 

 stone pot (child's toy). 



IX. The ruined house on the north side of Nigertusok 

 close to the mouth of the fjord presented the appearance of 

 considerable antiquity, but was not investigated in detail. 



X. In Liileö there was a house the building of which 

 had evidently been abandoned, for some reason or other, soon 

 after it was commenced. The walls, which were about half a 



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