formed, and neatly faced up with slabs of snow, 

 which was then covered with a thin layer of pine 

 branches, to prevent them from melting by the 

 heat of the body. At each end of the bed a pillar 

 of snow was erected to place a lamp upon, and 

 lastly, a porch was built before the door, and a 

 piece of clear ice was placed in an aperture cut 

 in the wall for a window. 



The purity of the material of which the house 

 was framed, the elegance of its construction, and 

 the transiucency of its walls, which transmitted a 

 very pleasant light, gave it an appearance far su- 

 perior to a marble building, and one might sur- 

 vey it with feelings somewhat akin to those pro- 

 duced by the contemplation of a Grecian temple 

 reared by Phidias ; both are triumphs of art, in 

 imitable in their kinds. 



Annexed there is a plan of a complete Esqui 

 maux snow-house, and kitchen and other apart 

 ments, copied from a sketch made by Augustus 

 with the names of the different places affixed 

 The only fire-place is in the kitchen, the heat of 

 the lamps sufficing to keep the other apartments 



