A house in this climate is only needed for a sleeping or lounging place.

The cooking is carried on between a few stones in the garden; the washing at the neighbouring brook.

No store rooms are needed, where there is no winter, and everything grows fresh and fresh, save the salt-fish, which can be easily kept--and I understand usually is kept--underneath the bed.

As for separate bedrooms for boys and girls, and all those decencies and moralities for which those who build model cottages strive, and with good cause--of such things none dream.

But it is not so very long ago that the British Isles were not perfect in such matters; some think that they are not quite perfect yet.