54G 



THE CENTRAL ESKIMO. 



At night tlie entrance of the inner room is closed with a large snow 

 block, which stands in the passage during the day. 



These hiats are always occupied by two families, each woman hav- 

 ing her own lamp and sitting on the ledge in front of it, the one on 

 the right side, the other on the left side of the house. If more fam- 

 ilies join in building a common snow house, they make two main 

 rooms with one entrance. The plan of such a building is seen in 

 Fig. ^95. 



Fig. 405. rian of double snow house. 



The plans of the Tglulik and Hudson Bay houses are diflP erent from 

 the one described here; The difference will best be seen by compar- 

 ing the plans represented in Fig. -496 and Fig. 497, which have been 



