Life among the Chinese: with characteristic sketches and incidents of missionary operations and prospects in China . the eaves,ends, and comb of the roof, where mortar is employedto protect the tiles from the action of the wind andrains. In covering a roof; the first work is to makethe comb; and in doing this, tiles, brick, and mortarare employed. A bed of soft earth is made along thecomb of the roof; on this a thin layer of single tilesis laid, then another layer of earth, followed by an-other of tiles, until the comb has attained a sufficientheight, when it is surmounted by one or two layers
Life among the Chinese: with characteristic sketches and incidents of missionary operations and prospects in China . the eaves,ends, and comb of the roof, where mortar is employedto protect the tiles from the action of the wind andrains. In covering a roof; the first work is to makethe comb; and in doing this, tiles, brick, and mortarare employed. A bed of soft earth is made along thecomb of the roof; on this a thin layer of single tilesis laid, then another layer of earth, followed by an-other of tiles, until the comb has attained a sufficientheight, when it is surmounted by one or two layers ofbrick, and then entirely covered with plaster, eitherwhite or colored. The ends of the roof are thenformed in a somewhat similar manner, though withless expenditure of materials and labor. These pre-liminaries completed, the tile-layers proceed with thebody of the roof. Commencing at the eaves, the tilesare laid in parallel rows, from two or three to fourinches apart, up to the comb of the roof. In theserows the tiles overlap each other, so that each tilepresents only about three inches of its surface to the. MISSION COMPOUND. 177 weather. The first rows are laid directly on theboards of the roof, with the concave side of the tileplaced upward, and the rows being, as already stated,from three to four inches apart. These narrow spacesbetween the rows are then covered by upper rows oftiles, the tiles overlapping each other as in the lowerrows, but having their convex surface turned protect these tiles against the force of the winds,their edges are covered with a lime mortar, and singlebricks are set in cement on the top, at intervals ofabout four feet. In the accompanying picture the mission com-pound crowns the summit and slope of the hill on thesouth side of the river. It contains six dwelling-houses, only four of which, however, appear in theabove cut. Beginning at the left side of the pictureyou have the corner of a house belonging to a for-eign merchant. Passing
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