How we are sheltered; a geographical reader (1906)
Chamberlain, James Franklin, 1869-1943 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co.,ltd. · leaf 78
s. Usually the country houses are but one storyhigh. Many very poor people build their homesof mud or of clay. Sometimes the frame of thehouse is of wood. To this, strips of bamboo arefastened, and mud is then plastered over thebamboo. Some houses have thatched roofs, andsome are covered with… … Fig. 23. — A Chinese Home. bamboo woven in and out, and plastered withmud. There are chairs, tables, and beds, allmade of bamboo. In this house the windows are of paper, andhave heavy wooden shutters. In many homes 62 HOW WE ARE SHELTERED the windows consist of a lattice work of bamboo.Pieces of…
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