CONSTRUCTION OF THE TENT. 



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in Paugnirtung, Cumberland Sound. Ijut noljody could explain its 

 use. 



Fig 50J Stoi eliouse in Ukiadliv mg (Fiom a sketch by the author.) 



In the spring, when the rays of the sun become warmer, the roofs 

 of the snow houses fall down. At this season the natives build only 

 the lower half of a snow vault, which is covered with skins. 



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Fig. 5M. Plan and sections of tupiq ( 



Still later they live in their tents (tupicj) (Fit,'. -iH-l)- The frame- 

 work consists of poles, which are frequently made of many pieces of 

 wood ingeniously lashed together. The plan (Fig. 504 o) is the same 



