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"Thrown with sand and debris."
4. If importunately
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It appears that Belmont is
That
a
Very badly built. It stands
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+
1.
not upon firm, solid, natural
but
upon a made bank of large
artificially
& boulders, covered with a
layer of made earth. The structure
is weakened by cavities
existing between the
boulders: and it is
greatly to be feared that
the cause of the sinking
of the foundations, which
are only 4 or 5 inches deep in places,
lies in the fact that
they
should have been
"to impart anything like stability
proper foundations such as
are required by
the nature of the site
are lacking. The ground
is riddled with cavities,
and it is clear that
the defects were
concealed by
colour washes, from time to time.
The made earth
upon which the house stands
easily melted and washed
down the site.
The great hollows
and
this evidence we are
"able to prove that:
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(a) by
agency
no possible other than the hands of
man could the trial
upright stones have come
"by the position in which they
were deflected by
Bondler and
* (o'n perseil on manguio)
Cavities
"
The addition "(b) that on the
7 of the following
paragraphs still
: clearer for Air
4, Coughtie
(b) that
by
do Fratts.
the day after
the shuru wi
tit
"to Mr. Conightric
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