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THE POETRY OF ARCHITECTURE.
from being thoroughly clogged up with snow. That this projection may not be crushed down by the enormous weight of snow which it must sometimes sustain, it is assisted
Fig. 4.
by strong wooden supports (seen in Figs. 4 and 5), which sometimes extend half down the walls for the sake of strength, divide the side into regular compartments,
