TERHA-C(>TTA IIOOFING-TILES. 



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no iioto of this inafter tliirinu" my visit tlicro. The p;iii 

 tile has probably been introduced by the Dutch, or pos- 

 sibly by the English before the Dutch. Fig. 50 is re- 

 produced from a photograph showing the appearance of 



Java houses after a shock of earthquake- In this is shown 

 the light structure of the roof supporting the tiles. 



ger:\iany. 

 Throughout Germany the fiat tile is the common form. 

 When the lower Ijorder of this tile is slightly rounded it 



is called, in certain portions of the country, "beaver-tail" 

 (tig. 51 A). In Berlin the lower l)order of the tile is 



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