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431. Some account of Batavia
as I was inform'd, no particular person was apointed to remove, which account I am inclind to beleive, as I remember a Dead Buffaloe laying in one of the principal streets of thoroughfare, for more than a week, which was at last carried away by a flood
The houses are in general large, & well built, & conveniently enough contrivd for the climate, the greatest part of the ground floor is always laid out into one large room, with a door to the street & another to the yard, both which generaly stand open; below is the ground plot of one [sketch of floor plan] below stairs where a is the street door b. the back door. c. a room where the master of the house does his business d. a court to give light to the room as well as increase
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