. Three young Crusoes, their life and adventures on an island in the West Indies. A Cuban house built for air and coolness, with large thatchedroof and clay floor. The trees are mangoes. appearance. The widely projecting roof was thatch-ed with a thick covering of dried palm leaves andstood up several feet above the rest of the house Happy Valley 17 so as to let the air circulate and keep the inside sides were boarded up with the broad bases oipalm leaves put on up and down like shingles, whilea deep ditch surrounded the walls on all sides tocarry off the rain. The open front door sho
. Three young Crusoes, their life and adventures on an island in the West Indies. A Cuban house built for air and coolness, with large thatchedroof and clay floor. The trees are mangoes. appearance. The widely projecting roof was thatch-ed with a thick covering of dried palm leaves andstood up several feet above the rest of the house Happy Valley 17 so as to let the air circulate and keep the inside sides were boarded up with the broad bases oipalm leaves put on up and down like shingles, whilea deep ditch surrounded the walls on all sides tocarry off the rain. The open front door showed a. Fig. 5. The kitchen stove, built of palm logs and covered with clay, onwhich charcoal fires were kindled. wide hall running straight through to the rear, whilethe rest of the space was divided into four roomsby partitions about seven feet high, which were lit-tle more than screens. There were no floors, ex- 18 Three Young Crusoes cept of hardened clay, and there was nothing thatwould ordinarily be called attractive; but to thetired and homeless little wanderers it seemed like aparadise. Not a human being was discovered anywhere,without or within, although they knocked loudly andshouted at the top of their voices. It evidently didnot occur to them that the owners of the housemight be dangerous savages. Beyond the house,they found the kitchen, with its peculiar earthenstove and its rough walls hung with seeds andbunches of vegetables. A small bedroom adjoined thekitchen, evidently intended for the cook. There wasno diningroom, but between the house and the kitch-en, under a royal palm,
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