 A shed is erected in the form of a parallelogram, twenty-five or thirty yards long and about fifteen wide, consisting of upright posts which support a roof thatched with long grass. Down the middle of the area of this shed a current of water is conveyed...  Travels in South America - Page 327by William Bingley - 1820 - 346 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1812 - 1020 pages
...uprightposts which support a roof thatched with long grass. Down the middle of the area of this shod a current of water is conveyed through a canal covered...the other side of the area is a flooring of planks, from four to five yards long, imbedded in clay, extending the whole length of the shed, and having... | |
 | John Mawe - 1812 - 422 pages
...and about fifteen wide, consisting of upright posts which support a roof thatched with long grass. Down the middle of the area of this shed a current...the other side of the area is a flooring of planks, from four to five yards long, imbedded in clay, extending the whole length of the shed, and having... | |
 | 1812 - 532 pages
...and about fifteen wide, consisting of upright posts, which support a roof thatched with long grass. Down the middle of the area of this shed a current of water is conveyed through 2 canal covered with strong planks, on which the cascalhao is laid two or three feet thick. On the... | |
 | 1813 - 818 pages
...and about fifteen wide, consisting of upright posts which support a roof thatched with long gras«. Down the middle of the area of this shed a current...the other side of the area is a flooring of planks, from four to five yards long, imbedded in clay, extending the •whole length of the shed, and having... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 540 pages
...posti, which support a roof thatched with long grass. Down the middle of the area of thin shed a'current of water is conveyed through a canal covered with...the other side of the area is a flooring of planks, frotn four to five yards long, imbedded in clay, extending the whole length of the shed, and having... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 546 pages
...and about fifteen wide, consisting of upright posts, which support a roof thatched with long grass* Down the middle of the area of this shed a current...which the cascalhao is laid two or three feet thick. Oil the other side of the area is a flooring of planks, from four to five yards long, imbedded in clay,... | |
 | Rev. Edward Polehampton, John Mason Good - 1818 - 566 pages
...of upright posts, which support a roof thatched with long grass. Down the middle pf the area of thii shed a current of water is conveyed through a canal...cascalhao is laid two or three feet thick. On the other tide of the area is a flooring of planks, from four to five yards long, imbedded in clay, extending... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - 1821 - 538 pages
...and about fifteen wide, consisting of upright posts, which support a roof thatched with long grass. Down the middle of the area of this shed a current...the other side of the area is a flooring of planks, from four to five yards long, imbedded in clay, extending the whole length of the shed, and having... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1821 - 976 pages
...and about fifteen wide, consisting of upright posts which support a roof thatched with long grass. Down the middle of the area of this shed a current...through a canal covered with strong planks, on which the ctiscalhao is laid two or three feet thick. On the other side of the area is a flooring of planks,... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1821 - 768 pages
...para! • »»gram, in length about ninety feet, and in width forty-five. Down the middle of its area a current of water is Conveyed through a canal covered with strong planks, on which the earth is laid to the thickness of two or three feet. <Jn the other side of the area is a flooring of... | |
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