EVERY-DAY LIFE IN AFGHANISTAN 



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MOST OF THE HOUSES OF 



AFGHANISTAN ARE CONSTRUCTED OF SUN-BAKED 

 MUD BRICKS 



The roofs are made by spreading long rush mats over poles placed as rafters. Upon the 

 mats is smoothly laid about six inches of 4 mud. Bits of hollowed wood are set in the mud 

 to serve as rain-spouts. ■ 



Photographs by Hi. 



MANY HOUSES OF AFGHANISTAN RKSK M P.I.K BEEHIVES 



To secure strength against the weight of the winter's snow and to shed water, the roofs 

 of these structures are dome-shaped. Although the climate is healthy, due to the hot, dry 

 air, in which bacilli do not thrive, the country is often visited by epidemics, owing to the 

 unclean and insanitary dwellings of the natives. 



