256 THE ESKIMO ABOUT BERING STRAIT [ETH. ANN, 18 
various small possessions, the longer outer room being a general sit- 
ting and work room and a receptacle for dried fish and other stores. 
The translucent walrus hides rendered these houses very light, and 
they were kept quite clean. In summer fresh meat and fish were kept 
in a great cleft in the cliff close to the landing place, and accessible 
only from the water. There were various elevated frameworks here 
for storing the boats. ; 
On the larger Diomede island, in the middle of Bering strait, the vil- 
lages differed in several respects from those of the King islanders. 
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The summer houses were built among the winter dwellings, and were 
above ground, with stone walls and gravel-covered roofs. An arched 
stone passage, similar to those of the winter houses, but shorter, led to the 
livingroom. With the exception of being less carefully built to exclude 
water, these summer houses were very similar to those used in winter. 
Raised on four posts over or very near the entrance to each summer 
house was a storehouse, the supporting posts and framework of which 
were made from driftwood, and the sides and roofs of walrus hide, like 
the elevated houses on King island. 
