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foundations and each being scarcely connected in structure 

 witli the two others. The lower floor, or verandah, rests on 

 eight to ten thick fairly-short piles (about 1*50 m. high) ; the 

 upper floor rests on the six main piles of the building ; the 

 roof is supported by two wooden pillars, slenderer than the 



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Fig. 2. Ground Plan of House Piles. 



A, Piles of the lower floor, or verandah (Dou dogotaj. 



B. Piles of the upper floor (main piles; Dogotaj. 

 C Piles, supporting the roof. 



