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passage might well be compared with the neck. Figs. 8, 9 

 and 10 show respectively the ground-plan, longitudinal section 

 and cross-section of a typical Polar Eskimo house. 



Fig. 8. 



Ground-plan of a winter-house. Only the inner part of the entrance-passage 



is shown at A. 



The ground-plan gives the front-part of the house , the 

 passage, and the circumference of the house itself. The pas- 

 sage A is closed above at B, which represents the oblong, flat 

 slab of slate which lies right across the entrance and separates 

 this from the window, forming at the same time the lower 

 border of the latter. The passage is thus continued under 



