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that they reached from one side of the hut right over the 

 ridge-piece down to the other side, and we stretched 

 them by hanging large stones at both ends, attached by 

 strips of hide, thus weighing them down over the edges 

 of the wall, and we then piled stones upon them. By the 

 aid of stones, moss, strips of hide, and snow to cover 



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"IT GAZED WICKEDLY AT US " 



everything, we made the edges of the walls to some 

 extent close-fitting. To make the hut habitable we still 

 had to construct benches of stone to lie upon inside it, 

 and also a door. This consisted of an opening in one 



