M JOURNEY TO THE SHORES 



handle, into slabs three feet long, six inches thick, 

 and two feet deep, being the thickness of the layer 

 of snow. These slabs were tenacious enough 

 to admit of being moved about without breaking, 

 or even losing the sharpness of their angles, and 

 they had a slight degree of curvature, correspond- 

 ing with that of the circle from which they were 

 cut. They were piled upon each other exactly 

 hke courses of hewn stone around the circle which 

 n *7^ °!J'' ''"^ '"^ ™^ *«ken to smooth the 

 beds of the diiferent courses with the knife and 

 to cut them so as to give the wall a .sliglit inchna- 

 LTuirT:. ' "' "''"'' '»"*"^-- '^- buildmg 

 Zlf . ^"■"^'^""^ °^ ^ '''^^- The dome 

 was closed somewhat suddenly and flatly bv 

 cut jng «.e upper slabs in a w Jge-fol ttei 

 o^ he more rectangular shape of those below. 



a^rwi^ru^trsSr--?^'-' 



the operrti^ Whe„ t£\ ,r "^ '^"''^''"S 

 in, a htUe loL ,lt ^''''"'S was covered 



up every ct;r;raZtrwrcir": 



«"ewasw,ththek„ife. A rcd-Xr^ ^^ 



