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prised and disappointed ; for, when the 

 snow is soft, or happens to be full of 

 sand or little specks of ice, they come 

 tumbling through the top of the igloo, 

 generally on the heads of those who are 

 making the bed or setting the lamp 

 inside of the house ; and then the igloo 

 has to be built all over again. Fortu- 

 nately, however, these cases are of rare 

 occurrence. 



Sometimes, in very cold weather, the 

 boys will both "chink" and "bank" the 

 igloo (banking being the covering with 

 loose snow), and then, with a small lamp, 

 it is quite easy to heat up the little snow 

 house to a comfortable temperature ; 

 but this, you remember, must never rise 

 to the point where snow melts, or the 

 house will come tumbling in on their 

 heads. After Boreas's father has cut 



