A WAEU HOUSE. 



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" As the inhabitants move about or get into and out 

 of their hammocks when replenishing the nightly fires, 

 whose smoke is the only defense against mosquitoes 



and other winged pests, the whole building rocks, the 

 joints creak, and the house seems on the point of 

 coming down. But the junctions of the beams and 

 posts and rafters are so firmly tied that they are far 

 stronger than they look, and, liowever fragile the shed 



