550 THE CENTRAL ESKIMO. 



houses. From such sketches it appear-s that several liouses might 

 have a common entrance. 



Fig. 501. Plan of group of stone houses in Pangnirtung, Cumberland Sound 



In Anarnitnng I observed no passage at all for the houses, the walls 

 being entirely above the ground and piled up with bowlders and sod. 

 They are, however, covered in the same way as the others and the 

 entrance is made of snow. 



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Plan and sections of 



• house made of v 



A winter house built on the same plan is represented in Fig. 502. 

 The wall is made entirely of whale ribs, placed so that their ends 

 cross one another. The poles are tied over the top of the ribs and 

 the whole frame is covered with the double roof described above. 

 A few narrow snow vaiilts form the entrance. The front rib forms 

 the door, and thus the hut becomes quite dark. Huts of this kind 

 are also called qarmang or qarmaujang, i. e., similar to a qarmang. 



In Ukiadliving I found, along with a great number of fine qarmat, 

 some very remarkable storehouses, such as are represented in Fig. 

 503. Structures of this kind (ikan') consist of heavy granite pillars, 

 on the top of which flat slabs are piled to a height of from nine to ten 

 feet. In winter, blubber and meat are put away upon these pillars, 

 which are sufficiently high to keep them from the dogs. Sometimes 

 two pillars, about ten feet apart, are found near the huts. In winter 

 the kayak is placed upon them in order to prevent it from being cov- 

 ered by snowdrifts or from being torn and destroyed by the dogs. 

 In snow villages these pillars are made of snow. 



The purpose of the long, kayak-like building figured by Kumlien 

 (see Fig. 500) is unknown to me. I found a similar one, consisting 

 of two rows of stones, scarcely one foot high but twenty feet long, 



