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likely to interfere with one another's comfort when 

 the dwelling spaces are in limited blocks. 



As many sets of lines must be built as there are 

 coolies to be housed. The position of these huts 

 must be selected with forethought (taking care to 

 remember fever mists collect in hollows, where very 

 likely natives would prefer to lodge themselves); 

 but, on the other hand, they cannot appreciate or 

 stand the bracing air of the elevated hillside which 

 Englishmen naturally select. 



Their "lines" should abut on some waste grass 

 land, if possible, in order that live stock may be kept 

 without danger to the Coffee, and gardens started 

 by the coolies so inclined. 



Water should be abundant and pure. This is a 

 consideration of the first importance. Good fresh 

 air and plenty of it is desirable. Never put " lines" 

 close up to a bank or rock ; let there be space for 

 air and cleaning all round. And, lastly, there is 

 the item of dryness of the houses themselves to be 

 secured by making the walls substantial the eaves 

 coming down rather low, thus forming a good broad 

 verandah along the front, and by raising the floor 

 one or two feet above the ground level. There 

 are neither windows nor chimneys in these rooms, 

 but each should have a substantial well-hinged door 

 (2 feet 6 inches will be wide enough) of its own. 

 Fires are lit in one corner, and smoke finds its 

 own way out through roof or doorway as it likes. 

 Strong wooden benches should run half round the 



