Chap. LXII. CLAY HOUSES OF I'SAYE'. 
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fields of Fsaye, or Fsc, a place of some importance, 
consisting, as the villages in this neighbourhood ge- 
nerally do, of a nucleus of clay houses remarkable only 
on account of its peculiar towerlike granaries, and a 
suburb of cottages of thatch-work, but of the most 
varied shape, several of which are represented in the 
accompanying woodcut ; and here we took up our 
quarters. As for myself, I obtained a large, ex- 
cellent hut, with, however, this great defect — that 
the lower part of the thatching was so thin and 
frail that a heavy shower would have swamped the 
whole, but for a small channel which was carried 
all round the inner part of the wall. 
I felt greatly exhausted, in consequence of the con- 
stant humidity to which I was exposed, and was 
neither able to enjoy the hospitable treatment which 
was shown me, nor even to get rest at night, although 
I changed my couch repeatedly in order to obtain 
some repose. But as we remained here the following 
day, I had sufficient leisure to become fully acquainted 
with the distinguishing features of this place; and 
I made a sketch (which has been represented in the 
