 Squares of a couple of feet..
were left open in the wall in various places for windows...The chimneys were large,
like those of old farm-houses, and, for security, had a little wall of rough
stone and mortar run up inside about three feet; and in the middle of the
fire-place was a large flag-stone, of a sort capable of resisting the fire,
which constituted the hearth and baking-place.Surgeon Peter Cunnigham, advising potential settlers, described a similar method, and added