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of the country, having the centre of the 

 roof raised on longitudinal timbers. They 

 are lofty, but narrow. The wooden walls 

 curve outwards towards the top. 



This year the crops of corn proved very 

 bad in this neighbourhood, so that the 

 inhabitants were obliged to chop their 

 chaff, with the upper part of the straw, 

 as fine as possible, of which, when ground, 

 they made bread. Others preferred the 

 bark of Pine-trees (Pinus sylvestris) for 

 this purpose. The fields of rye, sown in 

 the autumn, were at this time quite green. 

 The winter rye, sown last year, was not 

 yet cut. The sheaves are not laid upon 

 any stage, or under any cover, but are 

 placed ten together in a heap, standing 

 nearly upright, the uppermost sheaf being 

 laid across, so as to shelter the others. 

 They are afterwards carried into the kilns, 

 which at this place have exactly the ap- 

 pearance of bagnios, with ovens built of 

 boulder stones. 



The fastenings of the doors are quite dif- 



