. An encyclopædia of agriculture [electronic resource] : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture, including all the latest improvements, a general history of agriculture in all countries, and a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress in the British Isles. Agriculture. between with reeds and rushes plastered with mud, and the whole covered with a 153 roof of thatch. The eaves being in ge-
. An encyclopædia of agriculture [electronic resource] : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture, including all the latest improvements, a general history of agriculture in all countries, and a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress in the British Isles. Agriculture. between with reeds and rushes plastered with mud, and the whole covered with a 153 roof of thatch. The eaves being in ge- neral not higher from the ground than four or six feet, the doors could not be entered with- out stooping. A small unglazed win- dow admitted light, but there was nei- ther chimney nor any other opening in the roof by which the smoke might escape. (BurchelVs Travels, i. 112.) 1136. The cattle of all the Hottentot and other tribes are kept in circular folds during night; and it is remarkable that these folds are the only burial places known to be in use among that people. " Corn is preserved in what may be termed large jars, of various dimensions, but most commonly between four and five feet high and three wide. The shape of these corn jars is nearly that of an egg shell, having its upper end cut off: sometimes their mouth is contracted in a manner which gives them a great resemblance to a European oil-jar. They are formed with stakes and branches fixed into the ground and interwoven with twigs ; this frame-work being afterwards plastered within and without with loam and cow-dung. Frequently, the bottoms of these jars are raised about six inches or a foot above the ground; and the lower part of the stakes, being then uncovered, gives them the appearance of standing on short legs. Their contents are usually protected by a covering of skin or ; This mode of keeping their corn and beans, Burchell observes, shows a degree of ingenuity equal to that which is dis- pl
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