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brick, wherever the earth does not rest against 

 them. An excellent method of constructing the 

 walls of the basement story is shown in a 

 section of the first story, Fig. 104. The stud- 

 ding should be 2x6 inches, with short pieces of 

 2x4 placed edgewise between them to serve as 

 outside nailing girts. 



A broad, steep water-table is placed just 

 above the upper end of the studding to receive 



Fig. 104. Lining the basement wall. 



the boarding above the basement and to im- 

 prove the outside appearance of the building. 

 After the outside boarding of the basement and 

 the window frames are placed, the inside of the 

 wall is boarded horizontally with unmatched sea- 

 soned lumber, and as the boards are being put on, 

 the hollow wall space is filled with short straw 

 or straw and chaff. This construction has proved 

 to be the most satisfactory of any tried. The 



