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log huts and hotels, and the purity of the open air to what was at 

 least considered to be the polluted atmosphere of the stable city. It 

 would be far from the truth to assume that this floating population 



was composed exclusively of men, women, and children; there were 

 dogs galore, abundant by both presence and voice, horses and mules, 

 and an occasional goat betrayed itself munching among hay-packs 

 and the usual combination of simple and hard things which make 



