. How we are sheltered; a geographical reader . We see many curiousboats on them. People travel along thesecanals as commonly as we travel along farmers take their produce to market onboats. Along the canals are houses within a few feetof the water. They are set up on posts, andare entered by means of short ladders. You know that in our country the farm-houses are scattered along the roads. They arenot built in groups. In China the farmers livein settlements. There are sometimes widestretches of country between them withouthouses. Usually the country houses are but one storyhigh. Ma
. How we are sheltered; a geographical reader . We see many curiousboats on them. People travel along thesecanals as commonly as we travel along farmers take their produce to market onboats. Along the canals are houses within a few feetof the water. They are set up on posts, andare entered by means of short ladders. You know that in our country the farm-houses are scattered along the roads. They arenot built in groups. In China the farmers livein settlements. There are sometimes widestretches of country between them withouthouses. Usually the country houses are but one storyhigh. Many very poor people build their homesof mud or of clay. Sometimes the frame of thehouse is of wood. To this, strips of bamboo arefastened, and mud is then plastered over thebamboo. Some houses have thatched roofs, andsome are covered with tiles. A VISIT TO CHINA 61 Let us step into one of these houses. You willthink it quite cheerless, I am sure. There areno carpets, for the floors are simply hardenedmud. The partitions are made of strips of. Fig. 23. — A Chinese Home. bamboo woven in and out, and plastered withmud. There are chairs, tables, and beds, allmade of bamboo. In this house the windows are of paper, andhave heavy wooden shutters. In many homes 62 HOW WE ARE SHELTERED the windows consist of a lattice work of of thin shell are tied into the spaces thusformed. There are no stoves such as we have in ourhomes. Here is a sort of box partly filled withsand. In it the fire is built. In some housesthe stove is much larger^ and is of brick andplaster. People put on extra clothing when itis cold. They even carry tiny stoves in theirsleeves, and they have a sort of foot lamp, also. The houses in the cities are larger and moresubstantial than those in the country. Theyare usually made of brick or stone. The roofsare generally covered with tiles. Often matsstretch across the street from roof to roof, forthe streets are very narrow. These mats keepout the sunshine. T
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