ch higher than a man. They have a strange way
of getting into these houses. A long, narrow passage leads from the
door on the outside. They must crawl on their hands and knees along
this passage. Then they go through a small opening into the house.
The long passage keeps out the cold.

[Illustration: A Winter House.]

There is only one room in the house. Everything is done in this room.
They sleep and eat and cook in it. The beds are of sealskins, and are
made on a bench along the wall. There are no stoves in the house. The
Eskimos use lamps to keep themselves warm and to give them light. They
cook their food, too, with lamps. The lamps give great heat, and the
houses are quite warm.

When the men kill a bear they have a party. At the party everybody
sits around the lamp The bear is cut up and every one gets a piece.
Then the children sing and dance. The Eskimos eat a great deal of
meat. They kill seals and bears and birds for their meat. They also
eat berries and seaweed.

There are no tables in Eskimo houses. A large dish is set on the
floor. The family sit round it and eat out of it. They cut their meat
with knives made of bone. Their cups are made of sealskin.

Do you know what a seal is? It is an animal with thick fur. Sometimes
it lives on the land and sometimes in the water. The people in the
North kill it and make clothes of its skin. Its fur is very warm and
makes fine jackets. The Eskimos eat the flesh of the seal. They make
knives and other things of its bones.

[Illustration: Seals.]

Eskimo boys and girls have a funny kind of candy. It is the red skin
of a bird's foot soaked in fat. You would not care for this. But the
Eskimo children eat it and like it. The cold weather makes them like
to eat fat.

RUSSIA.

"Your nose! your nose, sir!" This is a cry often heard in the streets
of Russia.

Russia is a very large country. Part of it is in Europe. A great part
of it is very cold. When a person in the cold part of Russia goes out
riding in winter, he has to cover his face, all except the nose and
eyes. Sometimes his nose gets very cold, and would freeze if some one
did not cry out, "Your nose, sir!" Why? When one's nose gets so cold,
it becomes numb. It has no feeling. One would not know that it was
freezing if some person did not cry out. The cold nose must then be
rubbed with snow. You would think this a strange way to keep it from
freezing, but it