A bed-place was next formed and neatly faced up with slabs of snow, which was then covered with a thin layer of pine branches to prevent them from melting by the heat of the body.

At each end of the bed a pillar of snow was erected to place a lamp upon, and lastly a porch was built before the door and a piece of clear ice was placed in an aperture cut in the wall for a window.
The purity of the material of which the house was framed, the elegance of its construction, and the translucency of its walls which transmitted a very pleasant light, gave it an appearance far superior to a marble building and one might survey it with feelings somewhat akin to those produced by the contemplation of a Grecian temple reared by Phidias; both are triumphs of art, inimitable in their kinds.
Annexed there is a plan of a complete Esquimaux snow-house and kitchen and other apartments copied from a sketch made by Augustus with the names of the different places affixed.

The only fireplace is in the kitchen, the heat of the lamps sufficing to keep the other apartments warm.

(Not included in this ebook.) REFERENCES TO THE PLAN.
A.Ablokeyt, steps.
B.Pahloeuk, porch.
C.Wadl-leek, passage.
D.Haddnoeweek, for the reception of the sweepings of the house.
E.G.Tokheuook, antechamber, or passage.
F.Annarroeartoweek.
H.Eegah, cooking-house.
I.Eegah-natkah, passage.
K.Keidgewack, for piling wood upon.
L.Keek kloweyt, cooking side.
M.Keek loot, fireplace built of stone.
N.Eegloo, house.
O.Kattack, door.
P.Nattoeuck, clear space in the apartment.
a.d.Eekput, a kind of shelf where the candle stands; and b.c.a pit where they throw their bones and other offal of their provision.
Q.Eegl-luck, bed-place.
R.Eegleeteoet, bedside or sitting-place.
S.Bed-place, as on the other side.
T.Kie'gn-nok, small pantry.
U.Hoergloack, storehouse for provisions.
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Several deer were killed near the house and we received some supplies from Akaitcho.

Parties were also employed in bringing in the meat that was placed en cache in the early part of the winter.