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many of the planks have their surfaces so well finished that a close inspection is necessary to show that it was done with an ax.

The roofs are gabled and covered with shakes that are held in place by wooden pins driven through holes into the cross pieces of the roof that in turn are pinned to rafters. 

The houses are finished by a good plank floor & ceiling, a paneled door and a broad porch with pillars along its outer edge. In all cases, the steep roof projects far over the walls & is carried still farther to form the porch. The latter covered with a plank floor, is the favorite place for both men & women to carry on their work. The pillars of the porches are either round or square and are often worked into ornamental patterns of scroll or beaded outline.

Each house usually has a yard in front with a gateway through the adobe, [[strikethrough]] or [[/strikethrough]] stone or plank wall.

A heavy [[strikethrough]] double [[/strikethrough]] single-leafed gate swings between two posts over which is erected a small double pitched roof to protect it from the weather.

The gables of the houses are covered with shakes and the course in the apex are often set in rose patten thus [[image, sketch]]. The [[strikethrough]] rec [[/strikethrough]] walls along the street are overgrown with masses ferns, orchids and various other plants and an occasional glimpse was had of great untrained white and crimson roses reaching above the walls - or the blaze of scarlet geraniums lashed out as we passed -