. Our country: West. s^-y •N^^^ i;t„\;iv Making Adobe. outgrowth of the adobe mud. Now hands and feet reenforcespade and hoe, until the mixing is complete. Rough wooden molds are then filled by the hands with themud, and scraped level by the hands. The molds are carriedaway a short distance and the molded mud is tipped out onthe ground. There the adobes lie for days or weeks, sunning, while theowners are sunning themselves against adobe walls centuriesold, it may be. There is no fear of the blocks being spoiled ADOBE. 191 by rain, in this white and bright land where the sun shinesthree hun
. Our country: West. s^-y •N^^^ i;t„\;iv Making Adobe. outgrowth of the adobe mud. Now hands and feet reenforcespade and hoe, until the mixing is complete. Rough wooden molds are then filled by the hands with themud, and scraped level by the hands. The molds are carriedaway a short distance and the molded mud is tipped out onthe ground. There the adobes lie for days or weeks, sunning, while theowners are sunning themselves against adobe walls centuriesold, it may be. There is no fear of the blocks being spoiled ADOBE. 191 by rain, in this white and bright land where the sun shinesthree hundred and sixty-five days in the year. The mud-bricks being sufficiently baked on one side, theyare turned over, and in time, on edge, until all sides and edgeshave had the effect of a sufficient period of direct sunshine. An Eastern brickmaker would regard these adobe bricksas rough, uneven, unsightly. But they have their making does not call for any skilled labor; they can bemade in a day, dried wit
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