Narrative of a journey to the shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819, 20, 21, and 22 . and one might survey it with feelings some-what akin to those produced by the contemplation of a Greciantemple, reared by Phidias ; both are triumphs of art, inimitable intheir kinds. Annexed there is a plan of a complete Esquimaux snoAv-house,with kitchen and other apartments, copied from a sketch made byAugustus, with the names of the different places affixed. The onlyfire-place is in the kitchen, the heat of the lamps sufficing to keepthe other apartments warm. Several deer were killed near the house,
Narrative of a journey to the shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819, 20, 21, and 22 . and one might survey it with feelings some-what akin to those produced by the contemplation of a Greciantemple, reared by Phidias ; both are triumphs of art, inimitable intheir kinds. Annexed there is a plan of a complete Esquimaux snoAv-house,with kitchen and other apartments, copied from a sketch made byAugustus, with the names of the different places affixed. The onlyfire-place is in the kitchen, the heat of the lamps sufficing to keepthe other apartments warm. Several deer were killed near the house, and we received somesupphes from Akaitcho. Parties were also employed in bringingin the meat that was placed en cache in the early part of the win-ter. More than one half of these caches, however, had beendestroyed by the wolves and wolverines; a circumstance which, inconjunction Avith the empty state of our store-house, led us to fearthat we should be much straitened for provisions before the arrivalof any considerable number of rein-deer in this neighbourhood. OF THE POLAR SEA. urn. A. Ablokeyl. IahUnik, porch.(. nlultUik, ). HnddikruMJc, for the recepUuD oftlie sweepings of the (; TUcAnuwA;, aote-cbajnber. or Kfgah, Ei^ah-iuUktth, passage. K. Keidgewack, for piling woo<lupuD. M. Kftfc/oof^re-place built ofstone. L. Ketk kloweyt, cooking side. U N. Etfloo, house. S. O. Kattack, door. R. P. Sattttuck, clear space in the apartjueDt. T. a . d. Eekptu, a kind of shelf, wherethe candle stands ; and U b. they throw theirbones, and other offal of theirprovision Etgl-buk, b«d-place. bed-place as on the other side. EtffUettai, bed-side, or sitting-place. Ktitgn-mk, small pantry. Har/rloack, store-house for pro-visions. 2 M 2 268 A JOURNEY TO THE SHORES A good many ptarmigan were seen at this time, and the womencaught some in snares, but not in sufficient quantity to make anyfurther alterati
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