To Build a Fire

In the story "To Build a Fire", what was the mans mistake of making a second fire?

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In building the second fire, the man uses all of his matches to start the blaze. He is seemingly unaware that he has built his fire under a tree..... falling snow douses the fire almost immediately. 

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