It was roughly built of logs, the interstices being filled in with moss.
There was no attempt at a door, an opening being left four feet high and eighteen inches wide for the purpose of an entry.

The skin of a deer they had shot, since they arrived, was hung up outside; and a folded rug inside.

There was no occasion for windows.

A certain amount of light made its way in by an orifice, a foot square, that had been left in the roof for the escape of smoke.

The hut itself consisted of one room only, about eighteen feet square.
When this was finished, all hands set to work to pile up a great stack of firewood, close to the door, so as to save them from the necessity of going far, until snow had ceased falling, and winter had set in in earnest.
The cart had brought six carcasses of sheep, that had been purchased from a peasant; these were hung up outside the hut to freeze hard, and the meat was eaten only once a day, as it would be impossible to obtain a fresh supply, until the weather became settled enough to admit of their hunting.
The preparations were but just finished when the snow began to fall heavily.