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niture. In one corner are a grindstone and a forge, the arrange- 

 ment of which shows how much an ingenious man can do with 

 the most primitive materials. The proprietor has traveled exten- 

 sively in the exercise of his trade and has seen much of the world. 

 Now, at forty years of age, he seeks rest, and the embellishment 



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Fig. 15. Plax of the Grotto La Femme Xecte. Meschers : a, bods and closets ; 6, wash- 

 tub : c, fireplace ; /', windows ; g, vertical planks forming a partition on the broad side ; 



h, rim of vertical rocks twenty metres above the sea ; edge of the floor ; p, door ; r, 



ladder ascending to the top of the cliff; t, water-hole. 



of his home is his ruling desire. He communicates his plans 

 enthusiastically to his visitors. He has planted white gilliflowers 

 under his window, the only kind, he says, that will bear the sea 

 winds. Next year he will plant a grape-arbor, the vines of which 

 he will carefully protect against too severe exposures. 



Fig. 16. The Knife-grinder's Cave at Meschers. 



" Other grottoes have been acquired by persons in easy circum- 

 stances, remodeled, partitioned off, and even fancifully papered. 

 They are simply the pavilions of citizens, and there is no interest 

 in visiting them." At the foot of the bluff on the eastern side are 



