EAST BOTHLAND. 



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whole was sheltered from wet. The bar- 

 ley was not set upright, but laid on one 

 side, in such a manner that the ears were 

 all turned inward, and the straw stood out- 

 ward all round. On the top of each little 

 stack thus formed, a reversed sheath was 

 put, as a kind of covering. 



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The villages consisted of the same kind 

 of smoky huts I have already described. 



