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Description of the "Saviksue" and Their Site
The smaller of thettwo aerolites (the "dog') is an ir- -
regular ellipsoidally rounded mass with dimensions 27 1/2 in.
by 19 1/2 in. by 10 in.; an estimated bulk of two cubic feet;
and an estimated weight of 1000 lbs.
When found it was lying loosely upon the surface among the
gnéissose rocks of the vicinity, and though the natives tell me
that it has been used but little because it is harder than the
other, it certainly seems to have been pounded sufficiently to de-
stroy nearly or quite all of its original surface.
It was situated 80 ft. above, and 1625 ft. distance from
high water mark.
The large aerolite (the "woman") has an irregular rounded
trapezoidal shape with a circumference of 11 ft.; a maximum length
of 4 ft, 3 in. ; a maximum width of 3 It. 3 in.; and a maximum
thickness of 2 It. Its estimated bulk is 12 cub. ft. and its
estimated weight 6000 lbs. It was situated 96 ft. distance
and 21 1/2 It. higher than the small aerolite.
Its entire upper portion has been worked and pounded by the
Es kimos through many generations, until all the original surface
has been removed. A well defined and continuous rough burr of
metal like that round the hesd of a stone drill (the result of
the pounding) extends along the original ground line of the mass
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