It was some thirty feet square with an apartment or alcove on each side.

The roofs of these alcoves were supported by columns about twenty-five feet high.

As in all the buildings the lower parts were of red clay, the upper of white, all being covered with deep arabesque patterns.
Fomana was one of the most pleasant stations which the troops had reached since leaving the coast.

It lay high above the sea, and the temperature was considerably lower than that of the stations south of the hills.

A nice breeze sprung up each day about noon.