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borders are erected platforms, on 2 or 4 upright posts, some ten or 15 ft from the ground From these places watch is kept day & night over the fields to keep out thieves & predatory animals, dogs, coons, opossums & deer. Frequently a small straw or thatch walled hut [[strikethrough]] is erecte [[/strikethrough]] with a sloping thatched roof is erected on these posts to shelter the watchmen. In addition to these, small huts are usually found erected on slopes at the borders of fields to shelter watchmen. The night shut down on us as we rode down into the valley which looked like a deep black pit