Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925 · New York : Harper · leaf 118
n away. This isheld to the eaves by iron hooks,or by long pieces of wood nailedto tlie rafters, — their upper edgesbeing notched, in which thebamboo rests. This leads to aconductor, consisting also of abamboo, in which the naturalpartitions have likewise beenbroken throi;gh. The upper endof this… … Fig. 66. — Water-conductor. 84 JAPANESE HOMES AND THEIR SURROUNDINGS. Attention has so often been drawn, in books of travels,to tlie infinite variety of ways in which Eastern nations usethe bamboo, tliat any reference to the si;bject here would besuperfluous. I can only say that the importance of…
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