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The door, which was common to the two rooms, was 2 feet 1 inch high 

 by 1 foot 8 inches wide. The window in the forecourt was 2 feet 2 inches high 

 by 1 foot 9 inches wide, and the one in Hitkok's house had approximately 

 the same dimensions. The front wall of the forecourt was about 2 feet m advance 

 of those of the two rooms, but the height was the same as in Hitkok's room. 



Fio. 19. A two-roomed dwelling, each room opening into the other, with a door-way common 



to both 



The passage had the following dimensions: — 



Length 17' (2' were added to it later, at right angles to the mouth, 

 to keep out the drifting snow) 



Breadth (average) 2' 6" 



Breadth (maximum) 5' 8" 



Height (average) 3' 



Height (maximum) 4' 11" 



The outside entrance was 3' 4" high and 2' 1" wide. 

 On November 22, when the temperature outdoors was —2° F. ant! the 

 lamp in Hitkok's room was burning along only half its length, i.e. about 15", 

 the temperature inside that room was 35° F. at a distance of three feet from the 

 lamp anc^ 30° F. against the back wall. 



In the two-roomed hut just described the rooms were parallel with one 

 another. This, however, is not always the case. Fig. 20 gives the plan of a 

 hut in which they are arranged at right angles. It was built in the beginning 

 of January, 1915, to shelter the families of Ikpakhuak and his nephew Huputaun. 

 It would hav§ been exactly the same as the hut represented in Fig. 19, but 

 for the angle at which the two rooms lay with regard to one another. A few 



