Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925 · New York : Harper · leaf 122
ken away. This isheld to the eaves by iron hooks,or by long pieces of wood nailedto the rafters, — their upper edgesbeing notched, in which thebamboo rests. This leads to aconductor, consisting also of abamboo, in which the naturalpartitions have likewise beenbroken through. 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 the infinite variety of ways in which Eastern nations usethe bamboo, that any reference to the subject here would besuperfluous. I can only say that the importance of this…
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