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above the eaves in the form of panned? work and in the place of a ballustrade, and upon the top of the wall, are a row of Pedestiles built up square ? of the thickness of the wall upon the top of which are placed some ornamental figures but mostly in the shape of an urn, of these however there is a variety. The houses are built in a stile peculiar to the climate which is open and airy. The doors are large and in two parts, something like the Barn doors in America. The windows are also high and wide, with inside doors or shutters, and generally without sashes or glass, but with an iron grating, which is sometimes of wood for a protection upon the outside. The stile is various according to the taste of the owner. I think the houses are more expensive than the houses in Boston, but of this I am not sure. The manner and stile of building vary widely from the American. Of the first class of large houses I am not much acquainted. But the more common class are but one story high, without chambers or atris?, and the floors are made of a composite of plastering spread upon the ground which becomes very hard and durable