Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène-Emmanuel, 1814-1879, Bucknall, Benjamin, d. 1895 · Boston, J.R. Osgood and Company · leaf 141
THE GREA T MIGRA TIGNS. sojourn in this place. The poles are fixed in the ground and fastened together with thongs ; next the boards are put across, and the stuffs cover the whole. Thus a great number of huts are set up, all presenting the same appear- ance (figure 41), and consisting of a low room… … Tent of the Arya in the Desert. —Fig. 41. night the horned cattle are housed. The family ascend to the upper part by a short ladder. In front is a sort of porch ; it is the place for rest in the daytime. When the sun is set we see fires lighted in every quarter ; the women prepare the meals, and…
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