Word: layer
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Dates: during 1900-1900
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...tribes live together in small villages along the coast, which are composed of houses, each shared by two families. The houses themselves are constructed of driftwood and are covered with a thick layer of turf to render them air-tight. The entrance to these houses is an underground tunnel about thirty feet in length, which finally emerges through the floor of the one room. The furniture consists of a sleeping bench about six feet wide running the length of one wall, and a few racks for hanging clothes. The only other things that could be called furniture are two soapstone...
...baseball practice yesterday was held under most unfavorable conditions, as the cold weather and strong wind made accurate fielding very difficult. The diamond was in fair condition, though the new layer of dirt which was put on the base-lines during the recess is not yet thoroughly packed. After half an hour's batting practice at the nets the men were given their regular work in batting and fielding on the University diamond. Kernan and Reid started in the battery positions and later gave place to McDonald and Eldridge. J. D. Clark and Kendall played first base, Fincke second, Coolidge...
Length over all, 51 feet; beam, 7 feet 9 inches; square stern; timbers and frames of selected white oak, planked with white cedar in two thicknesses, the inner layer 1-2 inch, outer planking 5-8 inch; copper-fastened and riveted through timbers; garboards and upper strake of white oak; stern and planksheer of selected teak; decks laid in narrow strips of white pine; coaming for cockpit of quartered oak. In the after end of the forward cockpit is a bulkhead, forward of the boller bulkhead, in which is placed the steering wheel, this space is the full width...
...expects three hundred men to come out for the team tonight. The battery candidates will begin work in the cage tomorrow and it is thought that eight or ten couples will come out for this work. The rest of the squad will begin practice next Monday afternoon. A new layer of dirt has been put on the floor of the cage, which has been prepared for the spring practice by Trainer McMaster...