The arts of life : I. Of providing food, II. Of providing cloathing, III. Of providing shelter. Described in a series of letters for the instruction of young persons / by the author of Evenings at home.

  • John Aikin
Date:
1802
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Credit: The arts of life : I. Of providing food, II. Of providing cloathing, III. Of providing shelter. Described in a series of letters for the instruction of young persons / by the author of Evenings at home. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    [ r/8 ] LETTER XVt. ! f ARTS OF SHELTER CONTINUED, iv my lad letter I proceeded as far as the fubllaiitial log-houfe of an Ame- rican fettler ; but 1 mud now go back a little to confider the expedients p ac- tiled by the inhabitant of a bare and open country, who needs fhelter the more, in proportion as nature has the lefs provided it in furrounding objefts. The turfy covering of the earth, or the Hones encumbering its furface, are the only materials prefenting themfehes for the eredlion of his humble hut, Thefe he piles up fo as to form four thick walls, the crevices of which he flops up with mofs or clay. From the top of them he fprings his roof, which he cannot well make without