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stretched, and covered by a roof of skins which sloped 

 up to a blunt point not far back of the door. The walls 

 were perhaps eight feet high and the apex of the roof ten 

 or even twelve. On the roof the skins came together but 

 did not fit closely, so that there was abundant room for 

 the smoke to escape, though there was no actual smoke- 

 hole. The cooking is done mainly with oil and does not 

 produce much smoke. 



The door of the summer house in this village is rather 

 wide, and sometimes so high that one may enter with- 

 out stooping. The fireplace stands to the left of the 

 door, and about it is a circle of large stones. Casks and 

 kegs, which hold meat and oil, stand close to the walls 

 beyond the fireplace, while to the right of the door are 

 boxes, trunks, and sealskin bags which contain other prop- 

 erty. From poles which run from point to point overhead 

 are hung tools, implements, lines, and drying meat and 

 hides. 



The family sleeping apartment is cut off from the rest 

 of the hut; it stands well back from the door and is pro- 

 tected from any rain that may leak through the roof by a 

 tightly stretched green walrus hide fastened above it near 



the roof, and slightly 

 inclined backward. 

 Four poles set in the 

 ground at the four 

 corners support a 

 frame of four other 

 slender poles from 

 which hang the walls 

 of the sleeping tent. 

 This is rectangular, 

 perhaps twelve feet 

 from one end to the other, six feet deep, and six high in 

 front, but only about five at the back. The tent is com- 



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