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barb in one side; this is held by a lashing of sinew thread which is still partly preserved and which lies in grooves formed by drilling. Fig. 110 is a small lance head of antler which, besides the end blade slit, has a long groove in one edge, partly formed by drilling. Fig. 111 is an adze head of musk ox horn, very much decayed, having at the fore end a blade socket 2.5 × 1.2 cm, in the middle four vertical holes for the lashing. There are also two bola balls of whalebone.

Principally from the environs of Malerualik there is a number of objects found on the surface, including: a harpoon head of Naujan type 3; a handsomely rounded bola ball of whalebone, the end of a heavy sledge cross-bar of whalebone and the snow knife handle fig. 112, of antler, with suspension hole and, at the fore end, a broad face to which the blade, which has formed an angle with the handle, has been fastened by a number of rivets, one of which is still in the hole.

From Pelly Bay comes a harpoon head of Thule type 2, of antler, with opposed barbs and slots for the lashing. Also fig 113, a head for a bladder dart or similar barbed harpoon; it is of whalebone, oval in section, with three powerful barbs at one side and a small, lateral line hole; it appears to be very old. These specimens show that the Thule culture has also ruled in these regions, which lie almost mid-way between Repulse Bay and King William's Land.

The following is a summary of what is otherwise known of the occurrence of ruins of winter houses within the territory of the Netsilik Eskimos, which stretches from Committee Bay in the east to and including Adelaide Peninsula in the west, from the lower Back's River in the south to N. Somerset in the north.