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are from Mi, I, III, VIII, XXIV, A³, C^2-4-7; 4 fragments, from XXIV and C^4-5-7, are probably also of the same type. The length varies from 16.8 to 9.5 cm; the lashing has its bed partly in a sunk part (4 specimens), partly in two pairs of holes (3 specimens) and partly in grooves (3). Pl. 39.5 (P5. 153) is of ivory, one barb broken off, the baleen lashing and a piece of the line preserved; otherwise it is the same in all respects as Pl. 1.2 from Naujan except that the ornamental Y-line on the latter is missing; this ornament, so common at Naujan, was not seen at all on the harpoon heads at Ponds Inlet. Pl. 39.1 (P5. 114) is of antler, long and slender. Two specimens, from XXIV, still have remnants of the lashing round the shaft socket; one of them, a fine, regular harpoon head,^[1] of baleen, the other, with the barbs. not quite opposite to each other, of sinew thread; one has been sawn across just behind the line hole. One, from III, differs in only having one barb. Of the unfinished specimens one will be seen on Pl. 40.1 (P6. 981. III); it is of antler; the contour of the head is seen in rough outlines; the line hole is drilled and 6 other holes have been drilled to facilitate the cutting of the shaft socket and the barbs.

To this type are related two groups of harpoon heads which must be regarded as forms which have descended from Thule type 2; some of these are harpoon heads which have been lengthened and have more barbs, and some have been furnished with a stone tip. To the first of these groups belong 10 specimens, from I, III, XXIV, A^1-2-3 and C^3-4. Three of them are shown on Pl. 39.3 (P6. 950. I) is of antler, very slender, with 4 thin barbs; 4 (P6. 291. C4), likewise of antler, has had 6 barbs; from the bottom of the shaft socket a hole has been bored through; the baleen lashing partly preserved. 2 (P6. 1041. A³), with broken tip and 2 unilateral barbs, has, like 3, a rather small line hole; 5 others have had 3 barbs; one of them is sawn across just behind the line hole; one has had 4 and another 5 barbs. These harpoon heads are rather roughly formed and seem to represent a sort of degeneration of the Thule type 2; forms like 3 seem to be too slender for seal hunting.

Pl. 39.6 (P6. 809. C⁷) differs from type 2 merely in that in the tip it has a flat face with a hole for a blade; it is of whalebone and, in front of the line hole, has a small three-sided ornamental field, as on Pl. 1.4 from Naujan; this is the only ornamental feature to be found on the harpoon heads in this find. A fragment from C7 belongs to the same type.

The other main type at Naujan, Thule type 3, thin, with open shaft socket, dorsal spur and inserted blade parallel to the line hole, is here represented by 9 specimens, from I, A², C^4-7. The material is