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COMFORTLESS QUARTERS WHICH ARE SPECIALLY BUILT TO BRAVE THE SEVERE WINTERS OF GREENLAND The summer residences of the Eskimos are different in both position and structure from their winter abodes, due perhaps to the fact that the melting of the frozen filth and refuse around the winter quarters would render a summer sojourn on the same spot practically insupportable. Formed of stones and sods, this rugged homestead can accommodate two or more families, and in "better-class" dwellings the walls of the only room are hung with skins and the floor is paved with flat stones |