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fix inches wide : they are cut out of the 
beams whereof the houfe is built; and, 
by means of a lliding-board, they may, 
when occafion requires it, be fhut very 
clofe. When therefore a fire is made 
in the ftove, the fmoke defcends no lower 
than the windows, through which, or 
through the door, it finds a vent, accord- 
ing to the direction of the wind; and per- 
fons may continue in the room, without 
feeling any great inconveniency from it. 
The reader will readily conjecture that 
the upper part of fuch a place, between 
the windows and the cieling, mult be 
as black as ebony ; but, from the 
windows down to the floor, the wood 
is perfectly clean, and retains its natural 
colour. 
They rejoiced gready at having dis- 
covered the hut, which had however fuf- 
fered much from the weather, it having 
now been built a considerable time : our 
adventurers however contrived to pais 
the night in it. Early next morning 
thev 
