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broke, but (hiver when expofed to the air 5 

 however, this is of little confequence, as 

 the ftones ftick fad in the wall, and do 

 not fall afander. For want of it, they 

 fometimes make their buildings of lime- 

 ftone, or fand-flone, and fometimes of grey 

 rock-ftone. The walls of fuch houfes are 

 commonly two foot thick, and feldom 

 thinner. The people here can have lime 

 every where in this neighbourhood. The 

 greater part of the houfes in the country, are 

 built of wood, and fometimes plaiftered 

 over on the outfide. The chinks in the 

 walls are filled with clay, inftead of mofs. 

 The houfes are fe^dom above one ftory 

 high. In every room is either a chimney 

 or flove, or both together. The (loves 

 have the form of an oblong fquare ; I'ome 

 are entirely of iron, about two feet and a 

 half long, one foot and a half, or two 

 feet, high, and near a foot and a half 

 broad ; thefe iron ftoves are all caft at 

 the iron-works at l^rois Rivieres. Some 

 are made of bricks, or flones, not much 

 larger than the iron (loves, but covered at 

 top with an iron plate. The finoke from 

 the floves is conveyed up the chimney, by 

 an iron pipe. In fummer the floves are 

 removed. 



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