TERRA-COTTA ROOFING-TILES. 



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stricken ways of the people to observe in one of the main 

 streets of the capital, awkwardly-shaped thatched roofs in 

 juxtaposition to simple tiled ones. 



Korean roofing-tiles are bedded in mud and clay as is the 

 custom in Japan. Fig. 21 is reproduced from a tracing 



FIG. 21. 



made from a native Korean drawing in the National Mu- 

 seum in Washington. This sketch represents Korean tilers 

 engaged in tiling a roof. One is occupied in drawing up 

 the tiles by means of a rope, while another is catching 

 balls of mud or clay which are being tossed up to him 

 from below. 



JAPAN. 



The form of roofing-tile varies in different parts of Japan. 

 In the southern"part the normal tile (imb.') is in common 



use, the pan tile 

 (Yedo tile) is 

 also commonly 

 seen. In Tokio 

 the normal tile 

 FlG 22 - reveals along: the 



eaves either a simple tegula or one with turned margin, 



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