. Personal narrative of explorations and incidents in Texas, New Mexico, California, Sonora, and Chihuahua : connected with the United States and Mexican Boundary Commission, during the years 1850, '51, '52, and '53 . low El Paso; and if thereis now found to be not water enough even for thelimited district near that town, what is to be donewith the vast tract along the river below in a time ofscarcity ? The houses at El Paso are all of one story, andbuilt of adobe, i. e. the mud of the valley formed intobricks from twelve to eighteen inches long, and four VALLEY OF THE RIO 189 inches
. Personal narrative of explorations and incidents in Texas, New Mexico, California, Sonora, and Chihuahua : connected with the United States and Mexican Boundary Commission, during the years 1850, '51, '52, and '53 . low El Paso; and if thereis now found to be not water enough even for thelimited district near that town, what is to be donewith the vast tract along the river below in a time ofscarcity ? The houses at El Paso are all of one story, andbuilt of adobe, i. e. the mud of the valley formed intobricks from twelve to eighteen inches long, and four VALLEY OF THE RIO 189 inches thick, and baked in the sun. This material,with slight repairs, will endure for centuries. Some-times chopped straw and gravel are mixed with it,which greatly improves its quality. The houses of thebetter classes are large, and built in the form of a hollowsquare. The walls are from two to three feet in thick-ness, and have but few openings. When plasteredand whitewashed they look very neat, and make com-fortable dwellings. All the floors are laid with mud,concrete, or brick. Such a thing as a wooden floor isunknown in the country. This mode of building, aswell as the material, is precisely that adopted by the. Jill* HIS #§p Chnrch and Plaza, El Paso.
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