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(ц = ng, Å = ti, dl, ^ = bilabial f, «• = long a (я), a'c = ô-> etc.). 

 except that I here double consonants to indicate that they are 

 long (thus tt instead of t- etc.). Every consonant that is pre- 

 ceded by r is as a rule long or half-long; this is indicated 

 only in some few cases. 



To the right 1 give some of the names in the usual 

 orthography of the maps. — The largest Eskimo settlements 

 are at those places which are designated as small trading- 

 places ("Udsteder") or as colonies ("Kolonier"), the seat of 

 the Danish managers, parsons and assistants. When only 

 Eskimo settlement is given, it means that the place is 

 inhabited only by Eskimo (a "Boplads"). 



Place-names. 



Memoq 



Ku-k 



Sarpaq 



Nutwrmiut 



Ikerascrrsuk 



Sa'cttoq 



Täsiusaq 



üwiriasoq 

 E^qorÅeq 

 Na-ivja -Ч 

 Tusswq 



Qa-ççersuaq 



Translatious (Etymology). 



? cf.Labr. merngoiyoq is tired 



the river 



the current 



inhabitants of new laud, or 



new inhabitants 

 the peculiar sound or channel 

 the thin (flat) island 

 resembling a lake 



sloping downward 



the hindmost inland 



the young gulls 



cf. Labr. tupjat, tutjat a trail, 

 track (from tume a foot- 

 print) 



? the big fcagsse (Kl. a meet- 

 ing-house or a valley) 



Remarks. 



northernmost Eskimo 



settlement in Danish 



Greenland (73°50')*j 



Eskimo settlem. (73°45') 



Eskimo settlem. (73° 42') 



I Eskimo settlement north- 

 west of Sa'tttoq 



Eskimo settlem. (73° 32') 

 the northernmost Danish 

 trading-place (73° 21') 

 Eskimo settlement 

 Eskimo settlement 

 Eskimo settlement 

 Eskimo settlement 



trading-place (73° 5') 



According to Ryder the two northernmost settlements in 1887 were Saitoq 

 and Itkvkiarmk (73° 31'). Meddelelserom Grönland vol. VIII. p. 232. — 

 Many ruins of houses were found farther north, as for instance on 

 74° 19' N. lat. (U.S. p. 254). 



