OUT-OF-TOWN PLACES 



which belongs to the old cleavage of the trap- 

 rock is as rich as that of the quarries of Caen. 

 Then there is the lichened surface of a world 

 of scattered boulders— their fresh bright cleav- 

 age with its spangles of mica, or the homely 

 brown weather stains of myriads of dispersed 

 fragments. And even if agreement of tint 

 be wanting, it is quite feasible to build of 

 wholly refuse stones in such way as to admit 

 of a "rough-cast" covering of mortar, which 

 by the simple appliance of lime-wash and some 

 cheap pigment, may be toned to any color de- 

 sired : or, by selection of stones for the quoins 

 and window jams, these might show their nat- 

 ural surfaces, while the intervals were "rough- 

 cast." A kindred though more decided con- 

 trast of color might be secured by quoins and 

 window trimmings of brick, while the gen- 

 eral surface (sunk two or three inches) might 

 be treated as already suggested. By these de- 

 vices the rudest stones might be worked into 

 a solid home. 



Another method, in which comparatively 

 worthless material may be utilized in the con- 

 struction of a house, which would have all the 

 warmth and nearly all the durability of a build- 

 ing wholly of stone, is to blend the timber 

 and mason-work together— framing as usual, 



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