. The Journal of hygiene . t. The chief meal of theday was not served before 6 ; it consisted principally of soup, madewith seal or penguin-meat, seal-blubber and dried vegetables. Duringthe first part of the winter, as well as after the beginning of August, theseals became more numerous and the diet accordingly more generous;two such daily meals of meat and seal-blubber, with tea, cocoa or coffee,being then taken. During the winter fishing was carried on with goodresult as often as the weather permitted, the catch making an excellentchange in the rather monotonous diet. During the last pa
. The Journal of hygiene . t. The chief meal of theday was not served before 6 ; it consisted principally of soup, madewith seal or penguin-meat, seal-blubber and dried vegetables. Duringthe first part of the winter, as well as after the beginning of August, theseals became more numerous and the diet accordingly more generous;two such daily meals of meat and seal-blubber, with tea, cocoa or coffee,being then taken. During the winter fishing was carried on with goodresult as often as the weather permitted, the catch making an excellentchange in the rather monotonous diet. During the last part of the stayon Paulet^^sland the penguins had begun laying their eggs, which aresaid to have been consumed in almost incredible quantities. Excellentfresh water was obtained during the whole winter from a little lake inan old extinct crater; a hole was always kept open here, sometimesthrough a layer of ice about 15 metre thick. For want of salt, sea-water was used in preparing the food. Immediately after arriving at Fig. 2. House of the party at Paulet Island. 1. Store-room and kitchen. 2. Forge used as fire-place. 3. Sleeping-room. Paulet Island, a house was built. The walls vv^ere made double with anintermediate layer of sand and guano. The roof consisted of a sail fromthe Antarctic ; later on it was also covered with seal-skins, in thesame degree as these were procured by hunting. The house consisted E. Ekelof 519 of two rooms: a smaller, outer one, used as kitchen and store-room, anda larger, inner one, along the walls of which were arranged the sleepingplaces. In order to keep these free from the water which gathered onthe floor from drippings from the ceiling etc., they were raised a littleabove the level of the floor by a layer of stones, upon which the sleeping-bags were spread. The greater number of these sleeping-bags weremade of canvas, a few of guanaco-skin. The sleeping-bags were alsomade warmer and more comfortable by some woollen blankets whichhad been sa
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