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laid across the frame- work. On each side of the fire stands the immense 

 settee (Fig. 5)*, which is large enough for the whole family. It has no 

 feet, is about 7 feet long and 4 feet deep, and its sides slope slightly 

 backward, so as to form a convenient support for the back. Boards 

 are laid along the foot of the rear and front platform and on the side of 

 the fire opposite the settee. The arrangement is sometimes made a 

 little different, the settee being wanting, or in some instances standing 

 on the rear side. This depends on the arrangement of the bedrooms 

 (/,). These bedrooms have the form of small houses which are built on 

 the platform running around the house. Most of these bedrooms have 

 gable roofs, and their fronts are finished off with moldings. The section 

 of cd (Fig. 4) explains the arrangement better than any description can 

 do. Sometimes these rooms are enlarged by adding a low extension to 

 the house, the floor of which is elevated as high as the platform. In 

 the center of such rooms there is a small fire-place. The plans of the 

 houses of the separate geutes show slight differences. In some instances 

 the heavy beams {E) rest on the uprights (6 T ), the cross piece (.G) being 



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Fig. 6. — View of the rear part of a house in Qumta'spe. 



wanting (Fig. C); in other instances there is only a single timber (B.) 



resting on the center of the cross-piece (G). Certain large houses that 



*The figures are from sketches by the author. 



