Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 969
se it is quarried insolid pieces like rock. The walls, the fireplace,and the chimney are of salt. The frameworkof the roof alone is of wood, and this is hiddenupon the outside by a layer of earth. Thisstrange cabin is probably the only one of itskind in the world. We all know how quickly salt… … CRYSTALS OF ROCK-SALT. as when first built. All that the rain has doneto the cabin is to dissolve enough of the saltto cement and make one solid mass of thepieces in the walls. This has taken place inmuch the same way as the freezing together ofblocks of ice after being exposed to the warmsun of a…
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