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circular pen of ice which you can 

 imitate on a small scale with a circu- 

 lar row of upright dominoes on their 

 ends and joined edge to edge the sum- 

 mer seal-skin tent is lashed across poles 

 for a roof, and the ice-house is complete. 

 By and by, this roof, sagging with snow, 

 may be taken off and a dome of snow 

 put on, which gives more height and 

 consequently more comfort. Bancroft Library 



In our first winter camp in North Hud- 

 son's Bay, the houses were made of these 

 ice-slabs in the manner just described, 

 and surmounted by a dome of snow. 

 They were supplied with little circular 

 windows, also made of thin sheets of 

 ice, which let in the light quite as well as 

 our own at home, although not nearly so 

 much light, because they are very much 

 smaller than our windows. 



