OUR HUMBLE HELPERS 



"And with what, if there isn't any wood in the 

 country f ' ' 



"With slices of whale's fat and fishbones/' 



"They must freeze in those snow huts with no 

 place for lighting a fire f ' ' 



"No, for a moss wick fed with seal oil burns con- 

 tinually in a little earthen pot to melt snow and 

 give drinking-water. The small amount of heat 

 thrown out suffices to maintain an endurable tem- 

 perature in the dwelling, thanks to the thickness of 

 the snow walls. " 



