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Transcription
It is in a stone house forward of the residence of
Mr. [illegible] enclosed with a grained fence. Around
these houses are other buildings with high rock
foundations tarred and surmounted by a low
shiel. These are dwelling places and store houses.
Then there is the house of the assistant to the
[illegible], the shiel, the parsmaige and quite
a number of native huts.
The huts of the natives are very low square
houses built of drach laid in rod. From the top
which is flat emerge a very slender short smoke
pipe. In one side there is usually a window about
2x2 feet. These huts are very small and decidedly
more primitive than those at Brohaven. Upon the
while they are one in the houses. In front of
all the houses there is a sluch frame sup-
ported by four poles. Upon these the food is
drived & skins are hung and the flitch laid.
This is a precaution against the dogs which
will eat everything except tin cans and rods.
This being Sunday, the women are dressed
in their best clothes. Their hair may be done up in
the syclic knot or may be done up in braids
or tied back of the head. Their waist piece