I thith.T in tlic winter, a iilacc 

 ;(lc,'|.ly (liirtcd under tlif cd-c 

 ■ can 111' niailc by excavation, 

 and routed over with slabs of 



82 THF, POINT liAKRoW ESKIMO. 



As such a house is only hir-e enon.uh U,r one taniiiy. tliere is only one 

 lamp, which stan<ls at tin- ri-ht-liand side otthe house'. 



At the luuitin.i;- -rounds, or on I 

 is selected for the house where the 

 of some bank, so tliat most ..f tlie house can 

 When necessary. Ilie walls are built u|. and 

 snow. Su.di a hous.' is very speedily built. The first party that goes 

 over the road to the huntin.u' .urouud usually builds houses at the end of 

 each day's march, and these serve for the ])arties eominj;- later, who 

 have sim])!,v to clear out the drifted snow or i>erhai)s make some slight 

 repairs. On arriving at the bunting ground they establi.sb them.selves 

 in larger an<l more eomfortable houses of the same sort: generally for 

 two families. I.ieut. Ray, who visited these camps, has drawn the plan 

 rei)resented in Fit;-. 11. Theie is a ban(iuette, «, at each end of the room, 



tt 



k of the room 

 1 similar eupb 



which is much broader than long (conipar.- the form of house e 



at Kotzebue Sound, mentioned above, ji. 7S), but only one la 



alow shelf of snow, /*, running across t 



below into a sort of <Mipboard. There ; 



ferent places in the walls.and a long ti 



;,and kitchen, /(. fioni which a branch 



hou.se. The tlo(n- is niark.'d -/. the , 



door e. The house is lighted by t 



brought from the village. 



On going into eamp the railed sled is stuck ix.ints down into the 

 aud net i)ole.s, or iee-pioks, thrust through the rails, making a t 

 rary cache frame,' ou which are hung bulky articles— snowshoe 



immon 

 u]., on 

 ivated 



.dso similar cupboards,,', 

 el,/", with the usual storei 

 iiud often leads to an a(fj 

 •ance to the tunnel ,/. ai 

 seal-uut windows of th 



lining 

 (1 the 



empo- 

 s and 



' Compare Dr. Simp.-ion's ili-scri 



^Compare the wooiltMit nn p. 401 



up on end with their " upstamlcr: 



vril. 1, of Kane's 2cl Esp , whcri' tw 

 meeting to form a platform — Smitli 



