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this slab and opens into the room of the house between В 

 and С through an oblong, approximately rectangular opening, 

 which is shaded in the figure (on the longitudinal section, fig. 9, 

 it lies between с and d). D 

 indicates the floor- place of 

 the house, which is surroun- 

 ded on the 3 sides by plat- 

 forms. The principal platform 

 GLHM takes up the whole 

 of the circular space at the 

 back, while the side-platforms 

 E and JK occupy the two 

 smaller, round spaces at the 

 sides. On the side-platforms 

 are placed the two blubber- 

 lamps F and F' with the less 

 convex side towards the main 

 platform , where the house- 

 mothers, who have to look 

 after the lamps, have their 

 seats at L and M. Each 

 house is occupied by at most 

 two families. The principal 

 platform is the living-room 

 of the family during tlie day 

 and the sleeping-place at night, 

 whilst the side-platforms are 

 ke[)t for the lamps and other 

 articles of the house, as also 

 food, and are only exception- 

 ally used as sleeping-place for the children. Above the blubber 

 lamp hangs the cooking- pot, which is suspended by strings 

 from a horizontal drying-board which again hangs on lines 

 fastened to the roof. 



