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DESCRIPTION OF THEIR HUTS. 



thirty feet as the leng'th^ nine the breadth^ and 

 thirteen the heio-ht in centre of one of these huts — 

 the one fig'ured in the accompanying* plate ', the 

 annexed woodcut gives an end view of another. 



All four were built upon exactly the same plan. 

 The supporting posts are four in number^ and raise 

 the floor about fom^ and a half feet from the g-round^ 

 leaving* a clear space beneath. Before entering* the 

 body of the hut each post passes throug'h an oval 

 disc of wood^ a foot and a half in diameter, the 

 object of Avhich is probably to prevent the ing*ress 

 into the dwelling* of snakes, rats, or other vermin, 

 most likely the Mus IndiciiSy with which all the 



