 | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - 1775 - 664 pages
...from the center of the thatch to the top of the wall, are held firm by the weight of a lar^e {lone. No light is admitted but at the entrance, and through...vent to the fmoke. This hole is not directly over the fi.c, left the rain ftiould extinguish it ; and the fmoke therefore naturally fills the place before... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 550 pages
...from the centre of the thatch to the top of the wall, are held firm by the weight of a large ftone. No light is admitted but at the entrance, and through...fills the place before it efcapes. Such is the general ftrufture of the houfcs in which one of the nations of this opulent and powerful ifland has been hitherto... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 546 pages
...from the centre of the thatch to the top of the wall, are held firm by the weight of a large ftone. No light is admitted but at the entrance, and through...thatch, which gives vent to the fmoke. This hole is not dire&ly over the fire, left the rain fhould extinguifh it; and the fmoke therefore naturally fills... | |
 | John Adams - 1792 - 332 pages
...centre of the thatch to the top of the wall, are held firm by the weight of a large ftone. No N 5 light light is admitted but at the entrance, and through...thatch, which gives vent to the fmoke. This hole is not direcHy over the fire, left the rain fhould extinguifh it ; and the fmoke therefore naturally fills... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 258 pages
...from. the centre of the thatch to the top of the vva'lw are held firm by the weight of' a large ftone. No 'light is admitted but at the entrance, and through. a hole in the thatt feh, which gives vent to the fmoke.. This hole is not dLvCily «ver the fire, left the rain fhouH... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 432 pages
...from the centre of the thatch to the top of the wall, are held firm by the weight of a large ftone. No light is admitted but at the entrance, and through...fills the place before it efcapes. Such is the general ftruciure of the houfes in which one of the nations of this opulent and powerful ifland has been hitherto... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 424 pages
...from the centre of the thatch to the top of the wall, are held firm by the weight of a large ftone. No light is admitted but at the entrance, and through...hole is not directly over the fire, left the rain mould extinguifh it ; and the fmoke therefore naturally fills the place before it efcapes. Such is... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1806 - 360 pages
...from the centre of the thatch to the top of the wall, are held firm by the weight of a large stone. No light is admitted but at the entrance, and through a hole in the thatch, which gives vent to the smoke. This hole is not directly over the fire, lest the rain should extinguish it, and the smoke therefore... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 428 pages
...from the centre of the thatch to the top of the wall, are held firm by the weight of a ]arge stone. No light is admitted but at the entrance, and through a hole in the thatch, which gives vent to the smoke. This hole is not directly over the fire, lest the rain should extinguish it; and the smoke therefore... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 424 pages
...from the centre of the thatch to the top of the wall, are held firm by the weight of a large stone. No light is admitted but at the entrance, and through a hole in the thatch, which gives vent to the smoke. This hole is not directly over the fire, lest the rain should extinguish it; and the smoke therefore... | |
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This hole is not directly over the fire, lest the rain should extinguish it; and the smoke therefore naturally fills the place before it escapes. 
