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The next business was to move in all the furniture of the Porpoise. The beds were brought first and laid down round the large stove in the sleeping room; then came chairs, tables, arm chairs, cupboards, and benches for the sitting room, and finally the ship furnaces and cooking utensils for the kitchen. THE NEXT BUSINESS WAS TO MOVE IN ALL THE FURNITURE OF THE PORPOISE THE BEDS WERE BROUGHT FIRST AND LAID DOWN ROUND THE LARGE STOVE IN THE SLEEPING ROOM THEN CAME CHAIRS TABLES ARMCHAIRS CUPBOARDS AND BENCHES FOR THE SITTING ROOM AND FINALLY THE SHIP FURNACES AND COOKING UTENSILS FOR THE KITCHEN
 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. 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. E 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 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
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