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The use of thatch for the roof, instead of corrugated iron, would also make 

 for coolness. "With the same end in view, the windows are set high up in the 

 walls. Should it be necessary to shade any window this may be done by louvered 

 shutters outside or blue blinds inside. 



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through the wall in the corner of the boiler-room, either into the drainage system 

 from the byre, into a French drain, or on to the veld outside. In the latter case 

 the drainage should be led away in an open channel of concrete or hard bricks 

 plastered with cement mortar. As shown in the elevations, the gutter is merely 

 a shallow depression in the floor. In laying the floor, 6 inches of hard-core, i.e. 

 stones about the size of a quarter-brick, is put down and well rammed. On the 

 top of this a 3-inch layer of 1 : 2 : 4 concrete is deposited, and this is covered by 



