e*$ï A iv- are weighed down with the richeft clutters of.odbriferous
•ïfiT frjiit. Neither ftone nor bgick is. made Hife of here for
pavement, the whole being one continued gravely rio't inferior
to the fineft garden walks in England, and, ftrewed
on the fu-rface -with foa-fhclls. -The. houfes, \vhich are
moftly; pf^two, .and fome- of- three, ftories high, are .all
built-of fine timber, a very few* excepted-; moil of, the
foundations are of brick, and they-are roofed with tfiin
iplit boards, called fliingles, inftçad of flutes or‘tile|. *'Windows
are very feldom- fçgn in-. th i| .gpuntry,( glajfs being
inconvenient on account of. the h(eat, intte^d. of which
they ufe gauze, .frames fome haye. only tfie fliutteES^
which are kept open from fixm^pck in the morning until
fix at. night. As for chimnies I never faw one, in'the
colony, no. fires being lighted except the kitchens.,
which are always built at fome diftanc&from the dwel-
ling-houle, where the.victuals.are drefied upon- t-hp floor,
and the fmoke let out by a hok. grade--'in the foof y
thefe timber houfcs are however Very dear in.;;Sinri-
nam,-as may be evinced by that, lately built by.Gpyernon
Nepven, which he declared had coft him above ^.15,000
fteriing. There is .no fpring water to be met.With-in
Paramaribo, moft houfes have wells dug in the rocks»
* which afford but a brackifh kind of beverage ,oniy ufed
for the negroes, .cattle, &c. and the Europeans have re-
fervoirs or citterns, in which" they preferve rain-water for
their own confumption; thofe of nicer tafte let- it firft
drop through a filtering-ftone into large, jar^ or earthen
pots*