These formed the timbers of our dwellings.

They were held in place by weaving in, basket-wise, a network of briers and vines.

Tufts of the long leaves which are the distinguishing characteristic of the Georgia pine (popularly known as the "long-leaved pine") were wrought into this network until a thatch was formed, that was a fair protection against the rain--it was like the Irishman's unglazed window-sash, which "kep' out the coarsest uv the cold." The results accomplished were as astonishing to us as to the Rebels, who would have lain unsheltered upon the sand until bleached out like field-rotted flax, before thinking to protect themselves in this way.
As our village was approaching completion, the Rebel Sergeant who called the roll entered.

He was very odd-looking.

The cervical muscles were distorted in such a way as to suggest to us the name of "Wry-necked Smith," by which we always designated him.