Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925 · New York : Harper · leaf 152
upted sweep of the floor, so that the entirefloor can be covered with sleepers if necessary, — a great conven-ience certainly when one has to entertain unexpectedly a crowd ofguests over-night. Certain closets are used as receptacles for thecomforters, where they are stowed away during the… … 114 JAPANESE H03IES AND THEIR SURROUNDINGS. floor the planks are removable, the edges of special planks beingnotched to admit the finger, so that they can be lifted up one byone; and beneath them a large space is revealed, in which woodand charcoal are kept. In the vestibule, which has an earth…
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