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pell-mell, and a few animal bones, among them a bone of a 

 whale. The bottom seems to have been covered with gravel. 



Out of the houses II and IV were particularly well preserved, 

 while the two smallest houses V and VII looked to be the 

 oldest. The roofs, however, had sunk in, while the walls 

 remained throughout their whole length above the ground (the 

 foundation granite). The passage-way in IV was completely 







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Fig. Ü. Sketch of the settlements on Кар Tobin. 

 (Drawn by J. P. Koch.) 



preserved, in И only partially. In I and 111 the passage-ways 

 curved towards the south (cf. Scoresby's sketch of the 

 settlements at Кар Stewart^). 



Huts II and III were measured; in the accompanying sketch 

 iFig. 6) the measurements are given in metres. The broken 

 line ABC in HI is a well-built wall, which did not seem to 

 give access to the interior of the house. In the corner D 

 there was a distinct recess. 



') Journal of a vo>açe to the Northern Whale-fishery by William 

 Scoreeby-junior. P. -MO. 



