. Arctic explorations: the second Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55. SEAL-SKIN SNOW-MELTER, ANOATOK. rus,—the stone slightly inclined, the cavity of the bonelarge enough to hold a moss-wick and some blubber;—a square block of snow was placed on the stone, and, 382 CREATURE COMFORTS. as the hot smoke circled round it, the seal-skin saucercaught the water that dripped from the edge. Theyhad no vessel for boiling; what they did not eat rawthey baked upon a hot stone. A solitary coil of walrus-line, fastened to a movable lance-head, (noon-ghak,)with the well-
. Arctic explorations: the second Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55. SEAL-SKIN SNOW-MELTER, ANOATOK. rus,—the stone slightly inclined, the cavity of the bonelarge enough to hold a moss-wick and some blubber;—a square block of snow was placed on the stone, and, 382 CREATURE COMFORTS. as the hot smoke circled round it, the seal-skin saucercaught the water that dripped from the edge. Theyhad no vessel for boiling; what they did not eat rawthey baked upon a hot stone. A solitary coil of walrus-line, fastened to a movable lance-head, (noon-ghak,)with the well-worn and well-soaked clothes on theirbacks, completed the inventory of their effects.
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