 | John Aikin - Clothing and dress - 1830 - 160 pages
...made either of bark or split boards ; the fireplace is a hoibow pile of stones, above which a hoje is left in the roof for the smoke to pass out. Another...which we are so happy as to enjoy in our habitations. In what these principally consist will be the subject of my next Letter. LETTER XVI. Arts on Shelter,... | |
 | John Aikin - Clothing and dress - 1830 - 168 pages
...mixed with moss or straw. The roof is made either of bark or split boards ; the fireplace is a hoibow pile of stones, above which a hole is left in the roof for the smoke t" pass out. Another hole is made in the side tor a window, which is occasionally closed with a wooden... | |
 | Agriculture - 1925 - 546 pages
...bark or split boards. The chimney a pile of stones; within which a fire is made on the ground, and a hole is left in the roof for the smoke to pass out. Another hole is made in the side of the house for a window, which is occasionally closed with a wooden shutter Ovens are built at a... | |
 | Percy Wells Bidwell, John Ironside Falconer - Agriculture - 1925 - 544 pages
...bark or split boards. The chimney a pile of stones ; •within which a fire is made on the ground, and a hole is left in the roof for the smoke to pass out. Another hole is made in the side of the house for a window, which is occasionally closed with a wooden shutter Ovens are built at a... | |
 | James G. Leyburn - History - 1989 - 402 pages
...bark or split boards. The chimuey a pile of stones; within which a fire is made on the ground, and a hole is left in the roof for the smoke to pass out. Another hole is made in the side of the house for a window, which is occasionally closed with a wooden shutter. In winter, a constant... | |
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... notched at the ends to keep them fast together. The crevices are plaistered with clay or the stiffest earth which can be had, mixed with moss or straw. The roof is either bark or split boards. The chimney a pile of stones; within which a fire is made... 
