. The Arctic world: its plants, animals and natural phenomena [microform] : with a historical sketch of Arctic discovery down to the British Polar Expedition: 1875-76. British Polar Expedition, 1875-76; British Polar Expedition, 1875-76; Zoology; Zoologie. 7« AN ESKIMU UUT. ' xs.'S-SCt. The valuo of the aeal t<j tlio Eskiiiio tribes will best be uiitluistoutl fitjin a cleseiiptloii of the UHUH to wliirh vnriouH parts r)f liie aiiiiiml aiv ;i|i|i|ic<l in an Eskimo hut. \Vu will this hut to measure aliout five or live and a half feet iu height, and about ten feet in diaiueter. T
. The Arctic world: its plants, animals and natural phenomena [microform] : with a historical sketch of Arctic discovery down to the British Polar Expedition: 1875-76. British Polar Expedition, 1875-76; British Polar Expedition, 1875-76; Zoology; Zoologie. 7« AN ESKIMU UUT. ' xs.'S-SCt. The valuo of the aeal t<j tlio Eskiiiio tribes will best be uiitluistoutl fitjin a cleseiiptloii of the UHUH to wliirh vnriouH parts r)f liie aiiiiiml aiv ;i|i|i|ic<l in an Eskimo hut. \Vu will this hut to measure aliout five or live and a half feet iu height, and about ten feet in diaiueter. The walla are made uf utonea, niuaa, and the bunea of seals, narwhals, whales, and other ocean- creatures. They are not arched, but approach each other gradually from the foundation, and are capped by long oblong slabs of slate-stone extending from aide to aide. We enter : the Hooring consists of thin flat stones. At the back part of the hut the tloor rises about a foot, and this hreek, as the elevation is called serves both as couch and seat, being coverei with a thick layer of dried and grass, under seal-skins, dog-skins, and bear-skins. Similar eleva- tions are placed at the corners in front; under one of which will lie, perhaps, a litter of pups with their mother, and under the other a portion of seal's meat. In the square front of the hut, above the passage-way, a window is inserted; the light being admitted through a square sheet of strips of dried inti'stincs, sewed together. The entrance is in the Hoor, close to the front wall, and is covered witli a piece of seal-skin. Seal-skins are hung about the walls to dry. At the edge of the hrt'ck, on cither side, sits a woman, each busily engaged in attending to a smoky lamp, fed with h^oal's oil. These lamps are made of soa|)stono, and in shape resemble a clam-shell, being about eight inches in diameter. The cavity is tilled with oil obtained from seal's blubber; and on the straight edge the flame burns qu'te vividly, th
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