MURDOCH.] SNOW IlorSF.S TKXTS. 83 



guus.' Small storeliouscs of snow nv i<c arc luijll locimtaiii |ni>\ isimis. 

 In the antiinui Tiiiuiy"siicli houses arc built in iIh' \ iiiaj;c, of siahs of 

 clear fresh-witev ice al Mint 1 inclifs thick ccmcntcil toj^vtlnT by IVcczinj;. 

 These resemble the buildings of fresh-water ice at lulnlik. (iescrib.-i! Uy 

 Capt. Lyon.- 



Other temporary structures of siuiw. sometimes erected in tin' \ illa,i;c, 

 serve as^-(a;kslnips. Oin'of tlu'se. wliieh -was liniH at tiie edj^c <if the 



village, in AprilTTSS.!. was : blon.u' buihliii,- hni.n cnou.uli to liold an 



umiak, giving siiflieicnl room to.uet ai;ouiid it and work, and bclwi'cn (> 

 and 7 feet high. The wails «. -re of blocks of sm.w ami tln^ roof of can- 

 vas .stretched over] )oles. ( >neend wasleftojicn. but co\ered by a canvas 

 curtain, ami a baminette of snow ran alou-' each side, it was lighted 

 by oblong slabs of clear ice set info the walls, ami waruu'd by several 

 lamps. Several men in succession used this house for repairinu' and 

 rigging uj) their umiaks, and others who had w hittliii.i; to do bronjiht 

 their -work to the same jilaee. 



Such boat shops are sometimes built by di.ugin.u a broad trench in a 

 snowbank and rooting it with canvas. Women di.n small lioles in the 

 snow, which they roof over with canvas and use for work-nxmis in which 

 to dress .seal skins. In such cases there is ]irol)ably some snperstitimis 

 reason, which we tailed to learn, for mit doing the work in the iglu. 

 The tools u.sed in bnihlin.u thi' snow ln>uses -are the univer.sal wooden 

 snow-shovel and the iv(ny snow knife, ibr cutting and trimming the 

 blocks. At the present day saws are very much used for cutting the 

 blocks, and also large iron kinves (whalemen's -boarding kiuves," etc.) 

 obtained from the shi])s. 



Tents (<«./)^7>-).— During th.' summer all the imtives live in tents, 

 which are pitched on dry places ujion the top of the cliffs or niM.n the 

 gravel beach, usually in small camps of four or five tents each. A few 

 families go no farther than the dry baidcsjust southwest of the villagv, 

 while the rest of the iidiabitants who have not goiu' eastward trading 

 or to the rivers hunting reindeer are .strung ahnig the coast. The first 

 camp below Utkiavwin is Just beyoml the double la.uoon of Xunava. 

 about 4 miles away, and tlu' rest at intervals of li or A nules, usmilly at 

 some little inlet or stream at |ilaces called Se'k(iluka, Nake'drixo. Kuos- 

 u'gru, Nuna'ktuau, Ipersua. Wa'Iakpa (K.'fuge lidet, according to ( 'ai>t. 

 Maguire's ma]), Pari. IJci.. for is.-.t, opp. |.. IS(i), Er'nn-wTil, Si'ilaru. 

 and Sa'krimna. It is thes.^ summer .-aniiis .seen from passing ships 

 which have given ris,. to the accounts of numerous tillages along this 

 coast. There is usually a small camp on the b.-a.-h at Si'nnyu ami oiu^ 

 at Ime'kpuii, while a few go to Teruyu even early in the sca.son. 



As the sea opens the i.eople from the lower camps travel up the coa.st 

 and concentrate at I'.aiiyu. where they meet the Nuwuiimiiui, the Nnua- 



^„. . , . , ,. i„ .,,.1.1 ,,,. .III,. :i< tho moistim^ iu till- air immciU- 



