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10. — T'ing g|= court-yard. Trees and flowers are planted here. 

 Steps come down to it. 



Divisions of a Chinese House. 



11. — Tsou Ma Lou x£ M 1& ~ Running Horse Apartments — a two- 

 storied structure of four sides, front 5 chien, back 5 chien, sides 

 4 chien. Eighteen rooms up-stairs and eighteen down-stairs. (This is 

 the "kuei," the women's apartments. The wife will use the front 

 rooms, the daughters the back). The center court is known as 5^ #• 

 Heaven's Well. 



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