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logs, as he had the larger skin. Within a week they 
were hard and dry, and, on being fastened across the rude 
window frames, served excellently the purpose of glass. 
This he had learned from the natives of Kamschatka, 
across the straits. 
Solomon made one or two more hunting expeditions, 
and brought home the hides of several black and brown 
bears, and one grizzly. The claws of the latter he saved, 
and gave to Florence for a necklace ! He secured and 
laid up at the same time a plentiful supply of tallow, or 
" bear's grease," for the manufacture of candles, and vari- 
ous household purposes. 
He stretched and dried a dozen or more sheets of intes- 
tine, telling Mr. Button they would need to wear them 
over their eyes on the intensely bright days of spring, 
when the snow was on the ground and the sun high. 
Robert took every opportunity to assist in purveying 
for the expedition, and was fortunate enough to come 
upon a hillside perfectly honeycombed with marmots' 
burrows. He managed to snare a dozen or more of 
these little animals, and preserve their skins, from which 
Solomon promised to show him how to make caps and 
gloves. A couple of deer and a large moose fell 
victims to Solomon's unerring aim, and their pelts were 
added to the stock which was accumulating for use as 
coverlets. 
The first hut was now roofed over, the rafters being 
shingled with long, red-cedar slabs, which were riven out 
