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important articles left behind. On some pieces 
of ivory and bone that we found, there were evi¬ 
dent marks of an axe, or other sharp tool. It 
might, however, have been formed of stone, as the 
impression was not decidedly that of an iron in¬ 
strument. Two axes made out of bone were 
picked up; and several bits of wood, rather rudely 
cut, and partly fabricated into domestic utensils, 
by burning. 
Among the bones discovered in the hamlet, we 
could distinguish those of seals, walrusses, bears, 
rein-deer, dogs, narwals and whales. The thigh¬ 
bone of some large animal was also met with, the 
species of which we could not determine. 
The number of inhabitants that have, at no 
very distant period, resided in Jameson’s Land, 
must have been very considerable, since the re¬ 
mains of huts, with graves, were found all along 
the shore, in almost every place suitable for their 
erection. 
The vegetation in Jameson’s Land is superior 
to any thing that I could have expected in such 
a latitude. About the hamlet, the ground was 
richly clothed with grass, a foot in height; and 
more inland, my Father, who explored this coun¬ 
try to a great extent, discovered considerable tracts 
that might justly be denominated green-land, 
patches of several acres, occurring here and there. 
