OF THE POLAR SEA. 



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position without requiring support until 

 another was placed beside it, the lightness 

 of the slabs greatly facilitating the operation. 

 When the building was covered in, a little 

 loose snow was thrown over it, to close up 

 every chink, and a low door was cut through 

 the walls with a knife. A bed-place was 

 next formed, and neatly faced up with 

 slabs of snow, which was then covered with 

 a thin layer of pine branches, to prevent 

 them from melting by the heat of the body. 

 At each end of the bed a pillar of snow was 

 erected to place a lamp upon, and lastly, a 

 porch was built before the door, and a piece 

 of clear ice was placed in an aperture cut in 

 the wall for a window. 



Annexed there is a plan of a complete 

 Esquimaux snow-house and kitchen, and 

 other apartments, copied from a sketch 

 made by Augustus, with the names of the 

 different places affixed. The only fire- 

 place is in the kitchen, the heat of the lamps 

 sufficing to keep the other apartments warm. 



