A HOUSE THAT WEARS A HAT. 



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high as the interior one, completes this strange edifice, 

 consisting of three rooms, the two outer ones in the 

 form of circular galleries, and the inmost a cylin- 

 drical-shaped chamber. 



The thatched roof, or hat, is not permanently 

 fixed to the walls upon which it rests. It can be lifted 

 o£E in pleasant weather, opening up the inside cham- 



Building the house that wears a hat. 



ber to the fresh air, which is the more desirable as 

 there is absolutely no other means of ventilation pro- 

 vided, except an absurdly small door a little more 

 than a foot and a half high, and very little wider. A 



