Sport and travel in the northland of Canada . , there is, of course, the smell of seal-oil. This is notmore unpleasant than the smell of cod-liver oil. The 78 THE NORTHLAND OF CANADA principal objection to the use of seal-oil is that it makeseverything greasy to a certain extent, and the smoke fromthe lamp blackens the sides and roof of the iglu, but I failto perceive filth in this. Of vermin on the persons or garments of the Huskiesthere is almost none. They do not wear underclothing atall corresponding with ours. Their deerskin garments arereversible, being put on sometimes with the hair nex
Sport and travel in the northland of Canada . , there is, of course, the smell of seal-oil. This is notmore unpleasant than the smell of cod-liver oil. The 78 THE NORTHLAND OF CANADA principal objection to the use of seal-oil is that it makeseverything greasy to a certain extent, and the smoke fromthe lamp blackens the sides and roof of the iglu, but I failto perceive filth in this. Of vermin on the persons or garments of the Huskiesthere is almost none. They do not wear underclothing atall corresponding with ours. Their deerskin garments arereversible, being put on sometimes with the hair next theskin, sometimes with the hair outside, and this reversingprocess in these latitudes leaves no hope for small statement as to foul air and stench in the iglus aregrossly exaggerated. There is no more smell in an ordi-nary iglu than in a public room in a large building. Whena number of men, women, children, and babies crowd intoone iglu, all clad in deerskin clothes, then the smell is oneof overheated humanity plus Ground Plan of two Eskimo Snow-houses and ConnectingKitchen and Outhouses. a, raised benches of snow on which Huskies live and sleep; r, passagesdown middle ; c. meat-safe or cellar; d, fireplace in kitchen—flatstones laid on raised snow-bench; e, kitchen ; /, outhouses forstoring stuff, shelter for the dogs, «S:c.; ^, doorways, about 2^ feethigh ; /!, passage to outside ; i, walls of snow for protection fromwind and drift. When the iglu has been completed, it is customary tobuild a kitchen adjoining. This is onlv another smallsnow-house, a hole in the roof answering the purpose ofa chimney. Flat stones are used for the fireplace. In LIFE IN AN ESKIMO CAMP 79 permanent camps a line of very small snow-houses is veryoften built, connecting one with the other to the kitchen, andthe kitchen connects with the main iglu, so that when youcrawl through the doorway you find yourself in the kitchen,the exit from which is by another hole to the fi
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