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ON THE OLDER FORMS OF 



house with the date 1662 was covered with pan tiles. In 

 Bergen, the pan tile is commonly seen. 



Mr. Ipsen informs me that in Copenhagen the normal 

 tile (imb.) is sometimes found on old churches, and is 

 commonly known by the name of monk tile ; this name in- 

 dicating that in Denmark, as in Germany, this form of tile 

 was introduced by the monks from the South. 



JAVA. 



At Buitenzorg and other towns in the interior of Java a 

 pan tile is seen. The tile is well made, very light and 



FIG. 49. 



thin, and having a length and breadth respectively of 28 

 centimetres by 18 centimetres. The covering edge is 

 flat, and not curving, as is usual. The upper edge of the 

 tile has a nib which holds it to the battens fixed to bamboo 

 rafters (fig. 49). 



I do not recall seeing an eaves tile with turned margins. 



There are many Chinese in Java, and their buildings 

 present the type of the Southern Chinese. On these build- 

 ings the normal tile (imb.) probably occurs, but I made 



