 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 432 pages
...there are balks laid upon the floor, and covcied with man. They adorn the walls of their huts with ma:s made of grafs. They enter their huts by ladders, commonly,...hearth ; fo that, when they are heating their huts, the iteps of the laddei become fo hot, and. the fmoke fo thick, that it is almofl impuffible for a ftranger... | |
 | History - 1802 - 502 pages
...furniture, in which they drefs their viftuals for themfelves and dogs. In thefe huts where В 3 there there are no benches, there are balks laid upon the...hearth ; fo that, when they are heating their huts, the flops of the ladder become fo hot, and 'the fmoke fo thick, that it is almoft impoffible for a ftranger... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1765 - 514 pages
...being defigned for their kitchen furniture, in which they drcfs their victuals for P 3 themthemfelves and dogs. In thefe huts where there are no benches,...enter their huts by ladders commonly placed near the fire-hearth, fo that, when they are heating their huts, the fteps of the ladder become fo hot, and... | |
 | 1764 - 434 pages
...upon the floor, and covered wich mat:. They adorn the walls of their huts Vtrith matt made of graft.. They enter their huts by ladders commonly placed near...hearth, fo that, when they are heating their huts, the (tops of the ladder become fo hot, and the fmoke fo thick, ai almoft to luffucaie any one who is not... | |
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... of the fquare : between the pillars round the walls of their huts they make benches, upon which each family lies feparately ; but on that fide oppofite to the fire, there are no benches, it being defigned for their kitchen furniture, in which they... 