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industrious landlady, the couch and even the dishes 
having been taken away. But suspended from the 
roof was the " pilgure," or basket for smaller lug- 
gage, which contained at the time, besides the komcha, 
the pittorke, or small stick for weaving, and the fabaru, 
a small leather portfolio for writing. The accom- 
panying view, though it exhibits the hut rather in 
an inverted manner, will give the reader a fair idea 
of its character. 
The clay being excellently polished, and the hut 
of recent construction, left a very pleasant impres- 
sion ; but, as is so often the case in human life, all 
this finery covered nothing but misery, and I dis- 
covered the next day, to my utter amazement, that 
this beautiful hut was one entire nest of ants, which 
had in one day made great havoc with the whole of 
my luggage. 
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