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Rh Several Families live together in one of thee Houes or Huts; each Family occupying a Room by itelf eparated from the ret by a Wooden Pot, by which alo the Roof is upported; before which there is a Hearth or in which is placed a great Lamp in the Form of a Half Moon eated on a Trevet; over this are hung their Kettles of Bras, Copper, or Marble, in which they boil their Victuals: under the Roof, jut above the Lamp, they have a ort of Rack or Shelf, to put their wet Clothes upon the dry. The or Entry of the Houe is very low, o that they mut toop, and mut creep in upon all Fours, to get in at it; which is o contrived to keep the cold Air out, as much as poible. The Inide of the Houes is covered or lined with old Skins, which before have erved for the Covering of their Boats. Some of thee Houes are o large, that they can harbour even or eight Families.

Upon the Benches or Shelves where their Beds are placed, is the ordinary Seat of the Rh