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This was the entrance hall, and it was shut in by a strong door taken from the cabin of the Porpoise. The Doctor was highly delighted with his performance when all was finished, for though it would have been difficult to say to what style of architecture it belonged, it was strong, and that was the chief thing. THIS WAS THE ENTRANCE HALL AND IT WAS SHUT IN BY A STRONG DOOR TAKEN FROM THE CABIN OF THE PORPOISE THE DOCTOR WAS HIGHLY DELIGHTED WITH HIS PERFORMANCE WHEN ALL WAS FINISHED FOR THOUGH IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT TO SAY WHAT STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE IT BELONGED IT WAS STRONG AND THAT WAS THE CHIEF THING
elling and storehouses must have a solid foundation. This preparatory work occupied the whole of Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. At last they came to hard granite close in grain, and containing garnets and felspar crystals, which flew out with every stroke of the pickaxe. [Illustration: ] The dimensions and plan of the snow-house were then settled by the Doctor. It was to be divided into three rooms, as all they needed was a bed-room, sitting-room and kitchen. The sitting-room was to be in the middle, the kitchen to the left, and the bed-room to the right. For five days they toiled unremittingly. There was plenty of material, and the walls required to be thick enough to resist summer thaws. Already the house began to present an imposing appearance. There were four windows in front, made of splendid sheets of ice, in Esquimaux fashion, through which the light came softly in as if through frosted glass. Outside there was a long covered passage between the two windows of the sitting-room. THAN TEN FEET DEEP WHICH COVERED THE GROUND AS BOTH DWELLING AND STOREHOUSES MUST HAVE A SOLID FOUNDATION THIS PREPARATORY WORK OCCUPIED THE WHOLE OF MONDAY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AT LAST THEY CAME TO HARD GRANITE CLOSE IN GRAIN AND CONTAINING GARNETS AND FELDSPAR CRYSTALS WHICH FLEW OUT WITH EVERY STROKE OF THE PICKAXE THE DIMENSIONS AND PLAN OF THE SNOW HOUSE WERE THEN SETTLED BY THE DOCTOR IT WAS TO BE DIVIDED INTO THREE ROOMS AS ALL THEY NEEDED WAS A BEDROOM SITTING ROOM AND KITCHEN THE SITTING ROOM WAS TO BE IN THE MIDDLE THE KITCHEN TO THE LEFT AND THE BEDROOM TO THE RIGHT FOR FIVE DAYS THEY TOILED UNREMITTINGLY THERE WAS PLENTY OF MATERIAL ON THE WALLS REQUIRED TO BE THICK ENOUGH TO RESIST SUMMER THAWS ALREADY THE HOUSE BEGAN TO PRESENT AN IMPOSING APPEARANCE THERE WERE FOUR WINDOWS IN FRONT MADE OF SPLENDID SHEETS OF ICE IN ESQUIMAUX FASHION THROUGH WHICH THE LIGHT CAME SOFTLY IN AS IF THROUGH FROSTED GLASS OUTSIDE THERE WAS A LONG PASSAGE BETWEEN TWO WINDOWS OF THE SITTING ROOM
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