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say, little or no dust. The houses are of stone covered with stucco 

 or plastered, and are painted or washed in different colors. Yellow 

 is the prevailing color, but a number are blue, green, white, and 

 pink. The roofs are covered with red tiles. Few of the windows 



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are glazed, although all have heavy blinds, usually green and 

 white, and the lower windows have large iron or wooden bars built 

 in. The trimmings, door-frames, house corners, and ridges of the 

 roofs are painted white. A great many of the houses have their 

 gable ends facing the street, but the slope of the end Avails is 

 prettily broken into curves and angles, with appropriate moulding 

 all along. There are no chimneys to the houses. Cooking is done 

 over a handful of twigs or charcoal in a little iron or earthenware 

 vase like a fruit-dish. They are much like a plumber's stove, or 



