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334 CORK INSULATION<br />

"root house," the name borrowed from still earlier times when<br />

similar provisi<strong>on</strong> was made for the storing of roots for medi-<br />

cine. When cellars were first excavated under dwellings, they<br />

FIG. 153.—THE "ROOT HOUSE,^' COVERED WITH HEAVY SOD—A COOL<br />

THE YEAR 'ROUND VEGETABLE STORAGE.<br />

were installed as a substitute for the outside provisi<strong>on</strong> cave or<br />

root house, and the <strong>on</strong>ly entrance was through an outside cel-<br />

lar door so as to avoid direct communicati<strong>on</strong> between the<br />

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FIG. 154.—ENTRANCE TO CELLAR—A MORE CONVENIENT STORAGJi<br />

THAN THE "ROOT HOUSE."<br />

heated dwelling above and the cool cavern underneath. These<br />

original cellars were provisi<strong>on</strong> storages <strong>on</strong>ly and as such were<br />

little more than pits dug in the ground.

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