THE ESQUIMOS 
workmanship of tliis latter type of igloos is 
necessarily crude, for the bowlders are used 
in the rough state. On entering the tios- 
coonah (entrance), a bed-platform of stones 
five feet long, and six feet wide, confronts 
one. On each side of this platform are seen 
smaller platforms, each holding a koodlah 
(fire-pot). 
This koodlah is made of a stone so soft that 
before it comes in contact with fire it can 
easily be cut with a knife. The name given 
by the Esquimos to it is okeyoah. Cooking 
utensils are first formed in the desired shape, 
then heat is applied, as a result of which the 
stone quickly hardens. The method of cook- 
ing as employed by the Esquimos is to sus- 
pend the kooleesoo (cooking-pot) over the 
koodlah (fire-pot). The koodlah is the only 
means l)y which hght can be secured in an 
Esquimo igloo. As fuel, the blubber of the 
narwhal is used. 
The clothing of the male Esquimo con- 
sists of a kooletah (deerskin coat with hood 
attached) nanookes (foxskin trousers) and 
kamiks (sealskin boots) ; that of the female 
Esquimo, a kopetah (foxskin coat with hood 
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