MURDOCH.] 



TKNTS. 



85 



frame, so that the edg-es do not meet in front except at tlie Inn, Icavin"- 

 a triangaihir sjjaee or doorway, iillcd in willi a cnrlain of wliirh |iai( isTi 

 trauslueent membrane, wliicli can he coNcicd at nii^iil wit h a piece i>f 

 cloth. A striuji' I'lm^ from the np|)cr coi'iicr of tiic cl(*lli ronnd llic apc\ 

 of the tent and comes olili(pn>i> down the IVont to alx.nl the niiddl<' ol' 

 the edge of the other end of tlie clolii. 'I"he two edi^es are also iii'M 

 together by a strin.n' across the enliance. I lca\y articles, stones, uia\cl, 

 etc., are hiid an tiie tlap of tlie tent to Iceep it down, and spears, pad 

 dies, etc., are laiil iiii a.uainst tin- ontside. (.See Fi,--. \r>, tVom a piioto 

 graph by Lieut. Kay.) 



Inside of the tent fliere is mncli less fninifur«> than in the iuln, as the 



ont(hiors on trijiods erected ovi'r tires. The sle( 



back of the tent, and is nsnally marked otf by layin- a lo- across the 

 lloor. and sprcadin,';- hoards .m the uroniid. Not moiv than i>nc fandly 

 nsnally ocenpy a teiil. Th.'t.'ntsat the whalin- caini. nnMition.'d ah,>v.' 



hut, and many had a low wall of snow around tli.^m. hut these had all 

 nu'lled hefoie the camp was aba nd.mcd. 



These tents differ c.msiderahly in model fn.m those in use in the cast, 

 thou-h all are made by stivlcliin- a .-over over radiatin- poles. Vnv 

 example, the tents in (InM^nland have the front nearly vertical,' while at 

 (Jiimberland (hdf two sets of poles connected ))y a ridi^vpole are u.sed, 

 tho.se for the fr.mt hein- the sluuter.- The fashion at l-lnlik is some- 



1 Egiiilci, r.rconlanrl.ii.ir 

 » Kumlieu, op. cit., p. 33. 



■1)1. 1. p. 141 ; Rink, Tales, etc 



