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gales often cause great havoc. Into the subject of tiles Professor 
Morse enters most minutely. 
The thatched roof is by far the most common form in Japan 
outside of the cities. The slopes vary but little, but-in the design 
and structure of the ridge the greatest variety of treatment is 
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seen, For thatching, straw, grass, reeds and rushes are used, 
and no special preparation is required to receive the material. 
Great attention is given to the proper and symmetrical trimming 
of the thatch at the eaves and at the edges of the gable. 
The interior of the house is the work of the cabinet-maker. 
Fic, 5.—Bundle of boards. 
Great care is taken to find wood that matches in grain and color, 
and this can be done only by getting material that has come from 
fon same log. In the lumber yards one notices boards of uni- 
lengths tied up in bundles in precisely the same position 
