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THE HOUSE I LIVE IN, 



pillars, but they are made for motion ; whereas 

 you cannot move a Siamese house without 

 spoiling it. 



There is one thing which bears a slight 

 resemblance to the house I live in. It is the 

 house, or tower, sometimes, in the East Indies, 

 placed on the back of the elephant. In these 

 houses or towers the people travel twenty or 

 more of them at a time. In like manner, I 

 carry about my house, from place to place, 

 wherever I go. Here is a picture of the house 

 on the back of an elephant, of which I have 

 just spoken. 



The house I live in, after all, is most re- 

 markable for its convenience. Nothing could 



