Ethnographical collections from East Greenland. 



357 



houses in the Ammassalik and Sermilik Fjords. 



Passage-way ^) 



Number and 



sex of 



inhabitants'') 



Number 

 of familj'- 



stalls') 



Number 

 of lamps 



Number 

 of sup- 

 ports'") 



Number 

 of boxes«) 



No. 



Length 



m. 



Breadth 



Height 



Men 



Women 



Boys 



Girls 



All told 





m. 



m. 























7 



0-82 



1-08 



5 



5 



6 



3 



19 



5 



5 



a 5 ЬЗ 



? 



I 



II 



118 



0-99 



8 



8 



10 



15 



41 



6 



6 



a 5 &1 



5 



11 



2-80 



1-33 



0-92 



5 



7 



6 



10 



28 



8 



8 



a 7 



5 



III 



9 



0-89 



0-99 



5 



6 



4 



4 



19 



5 



6 



a 4 Ь2 



2 



IV 



II 



0-71 



0.94 



5 



5 



5 



6 



21 



5 



5 



a 4 Ы 



5(?) 



V 



II 



0-77 



0-94 (0-79) 



9 



7 



9 



3 



28 



6 



7 



a 5Ы 



6(?) 



VI 



II 



0-92 (0-63) 



0-97 



6 



7 



5 



6 



24 



6 



7 



a 6Ь2с1 



? 



VII 



II 



0-71 



0-94 



6 



11 



6 



9 



32 



9(?) 



9 



a 8 ЬЗ 



II 



VIII 



II 



0-60 



0-86 



6 



10 



8 



9 



33 



10 



10 



alO Ь2сЗ 



II 



IX 



II 



0-66 



0-89 



3 



4 



5 



3 



15 



4 



4 



a 3 Ыс1 



II 



X 



5-50 



0-81 



0-94 



1 



3 



2 



5 



11 



3 



3 



a 3 cl 



2 



XI 



to be built symmetrically; in V and XI both side-walls (a and Ъ) were measured. 



highest and the supports stand furthest in along the edge of the main platform, then (b) halfway 



the entrance. 



others. Two windows measured only in I, II, III, IV and IX, in the other houses only one in each. 



the passage, but in VI and VII also furthest up in the passage, just before the ascent into the house. 



own age. I have not always noted the sex of the children, but the proportion is without doubt 



high); they are of varying width, according to the size of the family. 



wall, free out on the floor or at the edge of the window platforms; с right at the front wall, 



of wood, sometimes only a large, flat stone. On these stand the 

 lamps, water-bowls, meat-troughs and other articles of use. 



The house entrance is so low and narrow, that it is only with 

 very considerable bending of the body that one can crawl through 

 and it is impossible for two grown-up persons to pass in it. In the 

 course of winter also the damp heat streaming out from the house 

 leaves a thick layer of ice along the bottom, roof and walls of the 

 passage, so that this become even more narrowed and it is even 

 more difficult to crawl in and out through it. When this ice-wall 

 melts in spring, the entrance is steeping wet everywhere and very 

 uncomfortable to pass through. — The length of the interior of the 

 passage is greater than the outer length, as it reaches some distance 

 into the house, almost to the inner edge of the window platforms. 

 In entering from the opening of the passage, therefore, one is already 

 some w^ay into the house. In No. XI, for example, almost 1*2 m. of 

 the passage lay inside the house wall, which has to be added to 

 the length outside (5-63 m.) to give the whole length of the passage. 

 Both the height and the breadth of a passage often vary from the 



