48 THE MINDS AND MANNERS 



a cutting process like that of a can opener, leaving a portion 

 of the marginal silk to act as a hinge. This hinge afterward 

 receives some finishing touches, and the top of the door is 

 either pebbled or finished with a few fragments of dead vegeta- 

 tion, cemented on, in order to exactly match the surrounding 

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