1892-93.] 



NOTES ON THE WESTERN D^N^IS. 



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only one door. The place of honour was then just opposite the door, as 

 among the Blackfeet. * 



Another variety of Carrier dwelling which is inhabited only during 

 thal-lo-nrd7t^ or the salmon season, is the fishing lodge. In general 

 appearance it resembles the summer dwelling lodge just described, but 

 is, if possible, more rudely constructed. Its ground plan is identical, 

 but it wants the gable end walls above the transversal beams. The large 

 openings consequent thereupon leave free access to the wind and air 

 and thus accelerate the drying of the fish which are suspended on cross 

 poles resting transversely on the top sticks of the side walls. By 

 exception, a few of these lodges have the apex of their front adorned 

 with the carved totem crest of the proprietor. It may be remarked that 

 these fishing lodges are not mere sheds for the exclusive destination of 

 smoking and curing fish ; they serve also as dwellings for the fishermen 

 during the whole space of time that they are used. 



We now come to the winter lodge of the Carriers. We have already 

 seen that, at least among the upper Carriers, new winter quarters were 

 chosen every year in such spots of the forest as promised to yield the 

 best supply of firewood. These habitations were therefore of a merely 

 temporary nature. Yet they were carefully built, the greatest attention 

 being always paid to the comforts of those about to winter therein. 

 They were original in construction, and deserve a full description. 



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Fig. 179. 



Fig. 178. 



Four tnydstcBn or posts of moderate size with hollowed upper ends 

 were planted in the ground and supported the usual longitudinal plates. 



* Legal, uti suprh. 



