There was a door at each end, and ample light was admitted by an opening extending along the whole length, through which the smoke of the fires could escape.

The interior was finished with great care, and very smoothly.
Under certain states of the atmosphere and of the wind the smoke freely ascended, causing no embarrassment to those within.

The ground floor was neatly covered with mats, except in the centre where the fire was built.

The whole interior as Sir Hudson entered it, on a serene autumnal day, presented a very cheerful aspect.

One might easily be pardoned for imagining, in that hour, that the life of the American savage, free from care, was apparently far more desirable than that of the toil-worn European.
Sir Henry, with the few who accompanied him, was received with great hospitality.