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1202. A common type of hut in the uplands. The walls are of adobe bricks plastered with mud and white-washed. The roof is thatched with grass. These huts usually have no windows and no chimneys. The trees are eucalyptus, which is commonly planted at 8000 to 10000 feet. It is introduced from Australia and is what we call in California blue gum. The picture taken in northern Ecuador. 

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1450. A hut in the valley north of Cuzco, Peru. The sides are of brush, and the roof of corrugated iron held down with stones.