Les Poudres
(C, C, [Fig. 244]) are notched and fitted, and over their ends the two pieces D, D are fitted, and, resting on the centres of the D logs, the ridge log (E, [Fig. 244]) is placed.
Couverture
The roof is made of small logs flattened on the under-side or left in their rounded form ([Fig. 242]) and laid from the ridge logs down, extending over the eaves six or more inches.
Les Péches
The roof logs are then held in place by poles pegged with wooden pegs to the roof (F, G, [Fig. 242]).
Roofing Material
The roof is now covered with a thick layer of browse, hay, straw, dry leaves, or dry grass, and on top of this moist blue clay, yellow clay, hard-pan, or simple mud is spread and trampled down hard, forcing the thatch underneath into all the cracks and crannies and forming a firm covering of clay several inches thick.
Fireplace
The fireplace and chimney may be built inside or outside the cabin, or the house may be heated by a stove and the stovepipe allowed to protrude through a hole in the roof large enough to separate the pipe a safe distance from the wood and straw and amply protected by a piece of sheet iron or tin. Then, after you have stored your butin (luggage), you can sit and sing: