May, 1859. NATIVE HUTS. 259 



by 6 or 7 feet higli ; the greater part were con- 

 structed in pairs, having a passage 20 or 25 feet 

 long, serving as the common entrance ; where 

 the passage divides into two branches, there 

 was a small hut, which served as a sort of ante- 

 chamber for the reception of such articles as 

 were intended to remain frozen. 



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