TERRA-COTTA ROOFINO-TILES. 



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stricken ways of the people to observe in one of the mcaiii 

 streets of the capital, awkwardly-shaped thatched roofs in 

 jnxtaposition to simple tiled ones. 



Korean roofing-tiles are bedded in nind and clay as is the 

 custom in Japan. Fig. 21 is reproduced from a tracing 



made from a native Korean drawing in the National Mu- 

 seum in Washington. This sketch represents Korean tilers 

 engaged in tiling a roof. One is occupied in drawing up 

 the tiles by ineans of a rope, while another is catching 

 balls of mud or clay which are being tossed up to him 

 from below. 



JAPAN. 



The form of roofing-tile varies in different parts of Japan. 

 In the southern part the normal tile {imb.) is in common 



use, the pan tile 

 (Yedo tile) is 

 also commonly 

 seen. In Tokio 

 _ the normal tile 



^'*^ ^-- reveals alongthe 



eaves either a simple tegula or one with turned margin, 



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