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been laid. The columns of the double row in the 

 middle line are about six feet taller than those of 

 the front and back rows. For the support of the 

 floor a massive squared transverse tie is morticed 

 through each set of four columns at a height of 

 some fifteen to twenty feet from the ground, and 

 secured by a pin through each extremity. A squared 

 roof-plate, still more massive than the floor ties, is 

 then laid upon the crowns of the columns of the front 



Ridge Timber 



'Floor-tie 



Main Column 



Accessory Centre Accessory Main Column 

 Columns Columns Columns 



Fig. 38. 



row, along its whole length, and a second one upon 

 the back row. This is dowelled upon the columns 

 (i.e. the top of the column is cut to form a pin which 

 is let into the longitudinal beam) ; and the beams 

 which make up the roof-plate are spliced, generally 

 in such a way that the top of a column serves as 

 the pin of the splice. Each of these heavy beams 

 is generally lifted into its place by tiers of men 

 standing on poles lashed at different heights across 

 the columns, their efforts being seconded by others 

 pulling on rattans which run from the beam over the 



