The marvellous country, or, Three years in Arizona and New Mexico.: Containing an authentic history of this wonderful country and its ancient civilization ... together with a full and complete history of the Apache tribe of Indians .../ By Samuel Woodworth Cozzens. Illustrated by more than one hundred engravings.

192 HOW TIIEY WERE COiNSTRUCTED.
wood stripped of their bark, but showing no signs of the use
of any sharp instrument in their construction. The beams
that supported the floors were about five inches in diameter,
and placed about the same number of inches apart, and the
ends inserted deep in the walls. Most of the apartments are
connected by doors, beside which there are circular openings
in the upper part of the chambers, to admit light and air."
The ground-plan of the buildings shows that all the apart.
ments were long and narrow, and without windows.
The inner rooms were undoubtedly used for storerooms. There were four entrances to each of the buildings.
The door on the western side was but two feet wide and
eight feet high; while all the others were three feet wide,
and but five feet high, and all tapering towards the top, a
peculiarity belonging to the ancient edi aces of Central
America and Yucatan. With the exception of these doors,
there are no exterior openings, save on the western side
where there are circular windows, like those before described. Over the doorway in the third story, there was a
square window, and on either side of this two circular
openings. The southern front has fallen in several places;
the other three fronts are quite perfect.
The walls at the base, particularly at the corners, have
crumbled away to the extent of twelve or fourteen inche:,
and are only held together by their great thickness.
The moisture in these portions causes disintegration to