How we are sheltered; a geographical reader (1906)
Chamberlain, James Franklin, 1869-1943 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co.,ltd. · leaf 39
s plasteredover separated the rooms, which were smallerthan ordinary bedrooms in our homes. Outside, the yellow sunlight fell upon therocks, and sifted between the branches of thetall pines, but these houses of stone were gloomy,for little sunshine could enter them. There 22 HOW WE ARE SHELTERED… … Fig. 11. —a Cliff Dwelling. on the floor. I dug into this sand, and foundbits of pottery, and some dried and shrunkencorncobs. Do you wonder how the cobs cameto be there? The people cultivated fields ofcorn on the lowlands, and ground the kernelsbetween stones. The stove was a hole in thefloor, and…
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