. Historical view of the progress of discovery on the more northern coasts of America [microform] : from the earliest period to the present time. Cabot, Sebastian, 1476?-1557; Cabot, Sebastian, 1476?-1557; Natural history; Sciences naturelles. seven ESQUIMAUX HOUSES. 179 every thin denoted the proximity ol t a. Qn landing at a desert ' encampment, stii marked bv the ashes ' some Esquimaux fires, the> observed se vera pieces of whalebone, and a place where train-oil had bee n spilt Soon after thry came to three houses recently left by the natives. The ground .ot of these habitations was oval
. Historical view of the progress of discovery on the more northern coasts of America [microform] : from the earliest period to the present time. Cabot, Sebastian, 1476?-1557; Cabot, Sebastian, 1476?-1557; Natural history; Sciences naturelles. seven ESQUIMAUX HOUSES. 179 every thin denoted the proximity ol t a. Qn landing at a desert ' encampment, stii marked bv the ashes ' some Esquimaux fires, the> observed se vera pieces of whalebone, and a place where train-oil had bee n spilt Soon after thry came to three houses recently left by the natives. The ground .ot of these habitations was oval, about fifteen feet lonff, ten feet wide in the middle, and eight leei at either end • the whole was dug about twelve in 'v i *,wthesur' face, one half being covered witl ow-branches' and ^ forming the bed of whole femilv In the middle of the other half, a s, ce four feet wide which had been hollowed to the depth of twelve inches was the only spot where a grown person could s 1 upright. One side of it was covered with wiUov -branches, and tl other formed the hearth The door, in one end of tiie house, about two feet and a half high by two feet wide, and was reached through a covered way about five feet long • so that the only access to this curious dwelling was by creeping on all fours. On the top was an ori fice about eighteen inches square, which served the triple purpose of a window, a chimney, and an oc casional door. The under-gromd part of the floor was lined with split w >d, whilst cross pieces of timber, laid on six or eight i- right stakes, supported an oblong square roof; t! whole being formed of drift-wood, and covered with branches and dry grass over M aich was spread earth a foot thick. On either side of these houses were a few square holes, about two feet deep, covered with split wood and earth ex- cepting one small place in the middle, which appear, ed to be contrived for the preservation of the winter stock of r>rAT7i'oirt»i« J^ J r ' ' ^.,,.,
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