are a continual improvement on the older ones. The first houses were very. often built of rubble and unhewn stone, The next atop wan to dress the stones in the outer facing of the wall and fill up the inside with rubble. Now it is becoming very common to build with cut stone ind do. away with rubble altogether. The first houses were built of stones. picked up everywhere at random; now they are brought The houses up to this year were all one-from quarrien ate aoft and easily' eat storey. This year, however, a few have been brave enough to venture two storeys. Built of stone and covered with corrugated tin, as nearly all the houses are, they certainly have " neat and substantial appearance. It looks from every' aspect now as if Kuling has come to stay. The splendid mountain scenery on all rides of the estate is never-ceasing charm and enhancing pleasure. The mountain drops. down very abruptly to the plain on all sides at almost every point, and the results are splendid views: of plains and distant mountains, high. cli and waterfalls, while in the gorges are natural pools filled with the clearest of running water, deep and wide enough for swimming nud diving.
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