80 Building. 
most cases of a very simple kind. In building 
cotlie lines one has ve ry little check on the 
workmen, and many managers let all the coolies 
sit on full pay for 3 or 4 days and build their 
own lines; others give a fixed amount to each 
Sirdar to build and thatch all his houses. 
Most gardens are now building pucca lines, and 
unless the bamboo and sun grass is very near 
and plentiful, this is much the best plan. Pucca 
lines should be built in the cold weather, say tho 
beginning of November when work is slack, you 
can utilize all the coolies to cut sites and carry 
stones for the foundations. The nominal cost of this 
is large, but actual cost very small, as the coolies 
would have to be kept employed and probably 
they would only be put on to some useless work. 
If cutcha bricks are to be used make them large, 
12x 6x4 is a fair size. If the houses are to be 
built pucca make the bricks smaller, the English 
measurement 9x4}x21 inches is the best size, 
if they are larger the loss in tho kilns through 
half-dried bricks will be much worse; as it is it 
is as well to allow for 10 per cent. loss in any 
