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building and fitting in windows and door-casings, etc., will 

 at once be learned, in a few hours, by an inspection by 

 the emigrant on the spot, and by the hints from his neigh- 

 bors. If the emigrant will spare the money, carpenters 

 (wrights and joiners) can be got to fix the roof, windows, 

 door, and floor. 



LOG HOUSE. 



If the emigrant resolves on having a house in place of 

 a shanty, we may state that it costs more money, time, 

 and labor, than a shanty will. The work to be done to 

 a house is of the same kind as required for a shanty, 

 which being described need not be repeated. The differ- 

 ence is, that the house is built up of logs to the height of 

 ten feet, or so, on the four sides, and there is an upper 

 floor, joists being put in as the building is raised. Houses 

 vary in size from twenty feet by sixteen or eighteen, to 

 thirty feet long and twenty feet wide. The roof is not a 

 shed or shanty roof, but the same as an ordinary house, 

 shaped like this : 



When the shanty or house is to be raised or built, the 

 neighbors are invited, and they always come willingly, 

 for there is not one among them but had the same done to 

 himself. This is called a " bee." 



By turning to the second chapter of this book, page 26, 

 a more minute description of the manner of making a 



