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FABM BUILDINGS IN SOUTH AFRICA 



off any vegetation, smoothing it, and sprinkling with sand ; here the 

 mould is inverted and the bricks are slipped out to form rows as shown 

 in Fig. 3. 



The rows of bricks should be protected from sun, frost, rain, and 

 drying winds, by sheets of galvanised iron, tarpaulins, rough grass or 



ashes, etc., or if they 



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prepared. This site should preferably be slightly raised above the level 

 of the surrounding ground. The bricks should be built up openly, as 

 shown, so as to allow of free air circulation among them. If there be any 

 probability of the occurrence of rain, the rows of bricks should be covered 

 with corrugated iron sheets, sacks, or boards, and a channel should be 

 formed in the ground between each double row (see Fig. 4) to carry off 

 storm water. 



The best months in which to make bricks are those during which 

 little or no rain or frost is to be expected. If frosty nights are expected, 

 the bricks which are undergoing the preliminary drying process (Fig. 3) 



