high inside, walled and roofed [56] outside with turf blocks two or more feet thick. Entrance is gained through a narrow, boarded passage way about eight feet long and five feet high facing the north. The in- terior fittings consisted of a bed flat, form, which is used as a settee during the waking hours, a cooking stove, a wall cupboard and two small tables. Daylight is admitted through two small windows that can be opened in the west wall of the house. The inside of the house is painted blue, and everything is scrupulously neat and clean. I have described this dwelling at such length for the sake of comparison with a gen- [illegible]ine Eskimo igloo or house a few yards distant. This was built [a-]