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fire in the middle of the house. The 
beds are commonly like those of ships, 
with sliding doors. A table, a pot, and 
some stools, are the principal furniture 
to be seen.. 
Whether there were any chests, pres¬ 
ses, cupboards, &c. in any of the huts 
which I visited, the continual smoke 
would not admit being ascertained. It 
is evident, however, that they are exempt 
from the window tax, as they have only 
a small hole besides that of the chimney, 
on which is a door to shut and open oc¬ 
casionally. 
The office-houses (where there are 
any,) are truly despicable. These the 
tenants build at their own expence, and 
in the cheapest manner they can, on ac¬ 
count of the uncertainty of their tenure. 
Here are few inclosures, so that the 
land lies almost wholly in open fields; 
and by this breach of agricultural econo¬ 
my their crops are exposed to the ra* 
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