[The Rifle Rangers by Captain Mayne Reid]@TWC D-Link bookThe Rifle Rangers CHAPTER TEN 1/12
CHAPTER TEN. ADVENTURE WITH A CAYMAN. The lane suddenly opened upon a pasture, but within this a thick hedge of jessamines, forming a circle, barred the view. In this circle was the house, whose roof only could be seen from without. Not finding any opening through the jessamines, I parted the leaves with my hands, and looked through.
The picture was dream-like; so strange, I could scarcely credit my senses. On the crest of the little hillock stood a house of rare construction-- unique and unlike anything I had ever seen.
The sides were formed of bamboos, closely picketed, and laced together by fibres of the _pita_. The roof--a thatch of palm-leaves--projected far over the eaves, rising to a cone, and terminating in a small wooden cupola with a cross.
There were no windows.
The walls themselves were translucent; and articles of furniture could be distinguished through the interstices of the bamboos. A curtain of green _barege_, supported by a rod and rings, formed the door.
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