Notwithstanding the prevalence of enteric disease and ophthalmia, the family crowded together into one or two rooms during the winter, and slept out on the roof under the shelter of mosquito nets in summer.

On the roof also the women gossiped and cooked.

The ground floor included both store-rooms, barns, and stables.

Private granaries were generally in pairs (see fig.

11), brick-built in the same long conical shape as the state granaries, and carefully plastered with mud inside and out.