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tion only of a thin clay-wall, without ornaments. 
With the privacy thus attained, the size of the doors 
was in entire harmony, being of an oval shape, and 
very small, particularly in (c), measuring only about 
two feet in height, and ten inches in width, a size 
which I am afraid would refuse a passage to many a 
European lady ; indeed, it might seem rather intended 
to keep a married lady within doors, after she had 
first contrived to get in. 
Notwithstanding the scanty light falling into the 
interior of the hut, through the narrow doorway, it 
was also painted, (c) in this respect surpassing its 
sister hut in the harmony of its colours, which 
formed broad alternate bands of white and brown, 
and gave the whole a very stately and finished cha- 
racter. The whole arrangement of these two huts 
bore distinct testimony to a greatly developed sense 
of domestic comfort. 
In the wall of the courtyard, between (b) and (c), 
there was a small back-door, raised above the ground, 
and of diminutive size (/), apparently intended for 
admitting female visitors, without obliging them to 
pass through the parlour, and at the same time show- 
