House and Garden 
I.IVING-ROOM IN THE BUNGALOW OF MR. SCHUYLER COLE 
this the native prolonged the slope of the thatched 
roof nearly to the ground, in order to keep the mois¬ 
ture as far away as possible. This also served to 
protect the walls from the action of the rain against 
them and, these being 
most frequently built of 
sun-dried brick, was a 
very necessary precau¬ 
tion. 
The Englishman, how¬ 
ever, in planning his 
house proceeded to ele¬ 
vate the floor well above 
the ground which insured 
free circulation of air 
under it. For the roof 
he retained the palm 
thatch, so carefully and 
ingeniously laid that the 
water was shed so 
quickly it scarcely pene¬ 
trated below the outside 
layer of palm fronds. 
Instead of bringing the 
roof line down so low as 
in the native house, he 
extended it on all sides and made a gallery or 
veranda under it. This gave him in pleasant 
weather additional lounging room and hammock 
space as well as affording the necessary protection 
to the walls. 
Thus were conditions 
improved, health was 
not constantly jeopard - 
beca me 
e. The 
houses were invariably 
one story in height, the 
space secured by the rise 
of the roof above the top 
of the side walls to the 
apex was one of the 
essentials, forming an air 
space which kept the 
living apartments at a 
somewhat more uniform 
temperature. 
What then in India 
and the Far East was a 
real necessity, has, by 
modifying it to meet 
the differing climatic 
A CORNER OF MR. COLE S BUNGALOW 
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