2 Olof Krarer. 



six years old, in this country ; and it was only wide 

 enough for one person to go through at a time. If 

 one wanted to go out, and another wanted to go in, 

 at the same time, one would have to back out and 

 let the other go first. This passageway was not 

 straight ; but turned to one side, so as not to let the 

 wind blow in. 



Our fireplace was in the centre of the house. The 

 bottom was a large, flat stone, with other stones and 

 whalebone put about the edge to keep the fire from 

 getting out into the room. When we wanted to 

 build a fire, we would put some whalebone and lean 

 meat on the stone; then a little dry moss was put 

 in, and then my father would take a flint and a 

 whale's tooth, or some other hard bone, and strike fire 

 upon the moss. Sometimes he could do it easily, 

 but sometimes it took a long while. After the fire 

 started he would put some blubber upon it. 



Although it was so very cold, we would often be 

 without a fire, for what we made the fire of was what 

 we had to live on, and we could not always afford to 

 burn it. Our fire did not warm the room very much. 

 It was mostly to give light, so that it might be a 

 little more cheerful in the room. When we had no 

 fire it was very dark. 



There was no chance to play round and romp in- 

 side the snow-house. We just had to sit with our 

 arms folded and keep .still. It was in this way that 

 my arms came to have such a different shape from 

 people's arms in this country. Where their muscle 



