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ting having large meshes. On this rests the article to he dried. Un- 

 der this is a support formed of two sharp-pointed ])egs which are stuck 

 into the snow forming the side of the hut. Ou the outer end of these 

 is fastened, or laid across them, a piece of wood. The shape of the 

 sup])ort is that of a long staple with square corners. In some instances 

 the ])egs form only a wide V-shaj^e, and the frame for supporting the 

 articles laid directly on this. A block of wood hollowed out to receive 

 the convex bottom of the lamp is sometimes used to support the latter. 

 In former times cooking over these lamps was universally performed 

 in kettles of soapstone, in which cooking was also done by putting 



Fig. 54. Soapstone kottle. 



heated stones into the water. These soapstone kettles are, however, 

 quite supcrsedc<l by utensils of civilized manutacture. I, however, suc- 

 ceeded in collecting two full-sized stone kettles, aud one little one, made 

 for a child's toy. The figures (Figs. 53, 54) show the shape of these ves- 



FlG. 55. Wooden dish. 



sels sufficiently well. The handles are made of strips of whalebone. 

 The larger kettle (No. 3179) is nearly 13 inches long, and will hold nearly 

 a gallon. They were made of di rterent capacities in former times, vary- 

 ing from about a pint to a full gallon. 



Oblong shallow dishes (pu ghu'-tak) for holding oil or food are carved 

 from larch knots. The figure (Fig. 55) represents a model of one of 



