Travels in the Atlas and southern MoroccoA narrative of exploration . ed up till the baking is completed. The verandah during the summer months is theusual resort and workroom of both men and gave entrance to an apartment which at first appearedquite dark. As we groped our way in with bent back,and so let the light stream in through the low door-way, we gradually saw the main features and contentsof the room develop in the gloom. It proved to be not only the chief living and sleep-ing room of the family, but also the mules stable, thecows stall, the sheep and goat pen, and finally the
Travels in the Atlas and southern MoroccoA narrative of exploration . ed up till the baking is completed. The verandah during the summer months is theusual resort and workroom of both men and gave entrance to an apartment which at first appearedquite dark. As we groped our way in with bent back,and so let the light stream in through the low door-way, we gradually saw the main features and contentsof the room develop in the gloom. It proved to be not only the chief living and sleep-ing room of the family, but also the mules stable, thecows stall, the sheep and goat pen, and finally thehen-roost. There were no windows, and no other means of 186 MOROCCO. light and ventilatiou than such as was provided bytlie low doorway, which, of course, in inclement winterweather was kept closed. The house inside was linedwith a casing of poles like a palisade, to prevent thievesbreaking their way through the walls. Almost the sole furniture of the room consisted of afew pots. The odour and some other aspects of theplace need not be dwelt upon. We were next con-. MOUNTAIN VILLAGE. ducted to an inner apartment, still darker than theother. With the aid of a lamp we discovered a boysleeping on what looked like a plain box, but whichproved to be a bed intended to raise the sleeper abovethe cold damp floor. As in the other chamber, therewas nothing to remark beyond a number of huge potsfor holding oil. All the Berber houses in this district are built in TA SIM SET. 187 exactly tlio same inimuer, with the oljject of keepingout the winters cold at the expense of light and venti-lation, and the preservation of the same happy com-munity of interests between the domestic animals andtheir masters which makes one family of widely sepa-rated members of the animal kingdom. The quadru-peds help to keep the room cosy and comfortable by theirvital fires, the cocks warn the careful housewife whenday is near, the dogs throughout the long dark hoursremain watchfully on guard, while over all the
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