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ON THE OLDER FORMS OF 



the exclusion of other material, and thus the habit finally 

 became ingrained. 



That early attempts were made to use tiles in this country 

 is attested by Mr. F. A. Barber, in his interesting article 

 on the "Rise of the Pottery Industry in the United States" 

 (Popular Science Monthly, December, 1891). In this 

 article he shows that the flat roofing-tile was used in Lan- 

 caster County, Pennsylvania, as early as 1769, as tiles 

 bearing the date scratched upon them have recently been 

 discovered there. I am indebted to Mr. Barber for the 

 following cut of this tile (fig. 81). As the form of this 



FIG. 81. 



tile and its dimensions correspond to the average flat tile 

 seen in Germany, it is almost certain that the tile was in- 

 troduced by the early German emigrants to that region. 

 I am also indebted to Dr. Charles C. Abbott, of the Uni- 

 versity of Pennsylvania, for information regarding some 

 pan tiles discovered by him on Burlington Island, Dela- 

 ware River, New Jersey. These tiles were found associated 

 with rudely made red and yellow brick, on the site of a 

 house built by the Dutch in 1668, and shortly afterwards 

 destroyed by the Indians. The outline of the specimen 



