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ture is complete (Plate XIII). Resting on the cross-beams, just below 

 the rafters, a number of loose boards are laid to form a sort of attic 

 or storage room where all unused articles, and odds and ends are allowed 

 to accumulate. 



The sides of the room, which are of flattened bamboo, are about six 

 feet in height, and extend only to within a foot of the roof. In the walls 

 small peep holes are cut so that the inhabitants can look outside without 

 being seen (Plate XIV). 



FIG. 8. 

 THE "STOVE." 



The flooring, which is gen- 

 erally made of strips of palma 

 brava, is in two levels, forming a 

 narrow elevated platform at one 

 end of the room on which a part 

 of the family sleep. 



The furniture of this house is 

 very scanty. Near to the door 

 is the "stove" (Fig. 8)— a bed of 

 ashes in which three stones are 

 sunk to form a support for the 

 pots and jars — and nearby stand 

 a few native jars and sections of 

 bamboo filled with water. On a 

 hanger above the fire may be 

 found articles of food, seeds, and 

 the like, which need protection 

 from flies and insects. Against 

 the wall is a bamboo rack (Fig. 9), filled with Chinese plates, or half 



FIG. 9. 



bamboo Plate Rack. 



