. Across Africa. Indigenous peoples -- Africa, Central; Plants -- Africa, Central; Africa, Central -- Description and travel. XVIII.] UHIYA HUTS. 241 feet in height planted in the ground, and kept secure by a couple of binders wattled in. To the head of each of these stakes, which were about eight inches apart, a long, tapering, flexible wand was tied. These were bound together at the top, and horizontal rings of small sticks were fastened to them at every three feet. In this stage the huts looked exactly like huge bird-cages. The walls were then filled in with mud, and the roof thatched with
. Across Africa. Indigenous peoples -- Africa, Central; Plants -- Africa, Central; Africa, Central -- Description and travel. XVIII.] UHIYA HUTS. 241 feet in height planted in the ground, and kept secure by a couple of binders wattled in. To the head of each of these stakes, which were about eight inches apart, a long, tapering, flexible wand was tied. These were bound together at the top, and horizontal rings of small sticks were fastened to them at every three feet. In this stage the huts looked exactly like huge bird-cages. The walls were then filled in with mud, and the roof thatched with long grass, the eaves reaching nearly to the ground. A couple of stout logs were planted on each side of the door-way, and, with some extra sticks worked in and the thatch trimmed, formed a sort of porch. June, HTJT9 IN TTHITA. In the interior, the floor, walls, and lower part of the roof were plastered over smoothly with clay, while the remainder of the roof was lined with a spiral wisp of grass, something after the manner of a straw bee-hive. The only aperture by which smoke could escape or light en- ter was the door, and at night this was most jealously kept shut, and a whole family of six or eight people, together with fowls, goats, dogs, and sheep, with a fire burning in their midst, remain hermetically closed in until the morning. How they manage to exist without a better supply of oxygen is a mystery to me. The granaries are circular, of hurdle-work daubed with clay, 17. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cameron, Verney Lovett, 1844-1894; Oliver, Daniel, 1830-1916. New York : Harper & Bros.
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