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either smoke or smell, and certainly one of the 

 softest lights I ever saw, not the slightest glare 

 distressing the eyes ; around the outer wall are 

 ranged any trifling articles of ornament which may 

 be possessed. Wooden vessels scooped from drift- 

 wood are placed in the corners ; they contain ice and 

 snow, of which the Tuski consume vast quantities ; 

 indeed, snow-murfching appears to occupy the principal 

 part of their time between the important periods of 

 food and repose. The area of the yarang not occupied 

 by the salons is used quite as an antechamber or 

 hall of entrance ; here food is deposited previous to 

 preparation for cooking, much of which is also done 

 here over larger lamps than those inside. Here are 

 unloaded sledges, and the porters of ice and snow ; 

 the former being afterwards placed on the roof of the 

 sleeping apartment. Here too the dogs feed and 

 sleep, the faithful creatures ever seeking to lie close 

 to their masters at the edge of the inner rooms, and 

 even thrusting their noses into the heated atmosphere. 

 Now let us go into the air again, and then, with 

 my host Mahkatzan, enter his habitation, and note its 

 novel featm'es. 



