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leaving a space of 18 inches all round each room between the slab 

 wall and the ends of the joists. The windows and doors were hung 

 and the family moved in. Then commenced the real business of 

 house building. Inside the slab walls I proceeded to put up 

 18 inches of pug. I first laid down foundations of broken stone to 

 a level with the floors, and built the pug up on the top of these to the 





height of the ceiling, when this was done the ceilings were put in, 

 the walls plastered with mud and made smooth, and the paper- 

 hanging and plastering i^iie on with until the intra-mural decor- 



