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ON THE OLDER FORMS OF 



discovered by Dr. C. C. Abbott on Burlington Island, 

 Delaware River, on the site of an old Dutch House, to 

 Dutch settlers ; and, in California, the normal tile (imb.) to 

 the old Spanish Jesuits. 



It should also be stated that, on the borders of countries 

 using different tiles, the tiles intermix ; thus France along 



The Orient, Ancient Greece 

 and Italy. 



Normal 

 (Asiatic.) 



China, India. 



The Orient, and Mediterranean 

 Countries south of latitude 

 44. 



Greece and Italy, Ancient and 

 Modern. 



Pan 



(Belgic). 



England, Scandinavia. 



Belgium, Holland, Scandi- 

 navia, Japan, Java. 



Modern, various countries. 



Flat 

 (Germanic) 



Germany, Austria, Hungary, 

 Poland, Switzerland, France, 

 England. 



the shores of the Mediterranean uses the normal tile (imb.} ; 

 and on German territory, contiguous to Belgium and Hol- 

 land, the pan tile is often seen. 



It will also be found that water-ways have led to the 

 wide dispersion of roofing-tiles, and the occurrence of the 

 pan tile in Poland is probably due to the distribution of 

 this tile along the shores of the Baltic, as the normal tile 

 (imb.)is found bordering both shores of the Mediterra- 

 nean. 



