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Mr. L. L. Holden, correspondent of the Boston Journal, visited the 

 mountain February 8, and again April 29. He describes the quarters 

 occupied by the party as follows: 



The depot was built last summer, and occupies a site of the same elevation as the 

 Tip-top and Summit houses, north-easterly of those structures, upon the verge of the 

 little plateau forming the summit of the mountain. The building, unlike the two 

 diminutive public houses, whose sides are of stone, is constructed wholly of wood. It 

 is sixty feet long by twenty-two feet wide, and stands nearly north and south. It has 

 eleven feet posts, and the elevation of the ridge-pole is twenty-five feet, the roof being 

 of the same form as the roofs of ordinary buildings. The apartment inhabited by the 

 party is situated in the south-east corner of this edifice. It is a room about twenty feet 



Fig. 13. THE HOME OF THE EXPEDITION. 



long, eleven feet wide, and eight feet high. The larger portion of the depot forms a 

 sort of vestibule to this room, and is wholly enclosed, except at the easterly end of the 

 northern face, where the outer door is situated. The little room was formed in the 

 following manner : i , there was the thick plank floor of the depot itself, which con- 

 stituted a good foundation to build upon ; 2, a course of sheathing paper was laid over 

 the original floor ; 3, an additional floor of close-fitting boards was then laid down ; 

 4, two thicknesses of sheathing paper were placed on the top of the second floor; 5, a 

 layer of carpet lining was added ; and 6, a thick woollen carpet was made the upper- 

 most layer of all. The inside of the outer walls was covered first with tarred paper, 



