Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925 · New York : Harper · leaf 105
en a ladder andfire-engine, to be ready in case of emergency. The truth must be 66 JAPANESE HOMES AND THEIR SURROUNDINGS. told, however, that these domestic engines are never ready; forwhen they are wanted, it is found that the square cylinders areso warped and cracked by the hot summers that when… … Fig. 43.—Old House in Kioto. Garden View. The yard was well swept, and quite free from weeds, though atone side a number of shrubs and a banana tree were growing in aluxuriant tangle. A single tree, of considerable age, rose directlyin a line with the entrance to the yard. The house, like all such…
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