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for the group of families living in the structure. No fires were ever lit 
in the living rooms. The sectional plan of one of these houses is shown 
in figure 82; and a ground plan in figure 83. 
On Sledge island the winter village was perched on a steep slope, 
facing the sea, and well above the water. The houses were set one 
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back of the other on the slope of the rocky talus that extends up to 
the top of the high bluff; they were built on the plan of those at Oape 
Nome, above described, except that the storeroom usually opened on a 
level with the ground in front, instead of through the roof. In July, 
1831, this village was almost deserted, as the people were on the adja- 
cent mainland engaged in salmon fishing. 
In all the last-named villages elevated frameworks for boats and 
sledges were numerous; in those where the floors were made of hewed 
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Fic. 83—Ground plan of house at Cape Nome. 
planks, long use had worn them smooth and the inmates were careful 
to keep them clean, sweeping them as often as necessary with a little 
wisp of twigs. 
King island, in Bering strait, is a rugged mass of granite rising 
sheer from the water for hundreds of feet on three sides, and on the 
