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TELEGRAPH STATION, ARALUEN.
ONE of the most picturesque villages in the southern district is' that wherein lies the subject of our engraving. ' It is situatedm a mountainous locality, about twenty miles from the town of Braidwood. The population numbers between three and four
thousand inhabitants, chiefly engaged in mining pursuits. The electric telegraph has recently'been extended to there, and the .modest building our artist has described is the Government ^establishment known as the station, and our readers'can form' some estimate of what has been done for the place by the fact that it is the most substantial public building it possesses. .
CURIOUS MILL.-The mills of Pompeii are very curious,
and consist of two stones-the.lower a cone, with rounded top,, somewhat of the form of an egg, with a base or pedestal, and groove cut in it to catch the flour in its descent. The upper stone, in shape like a dice box, fits over the lower. In order to lessen the friction, a pivot is let into ' the upper part of the lower stone, and a corresponding socket fixed in the .narrow part of the upper stone, four holes being bored in it, parallel to the pivot, to let thè corn pass through. The narrow part pf the upper stone was hooped outside with iron, and holes cut in it, into which wooden bars were inserted to turn it round this being done sometimes by men, sometimes by asses. The, corn Avas placed in a hollow portion of the upper stone, passed gradually through the holes of the iron socket, was ground between the surfaces of the stones, and finally fell into the grooves round the base. Several loaves of bread were found in the different ovens. They are flat, about two inches deep, andi eight in diameter, and sometimes have had their form given to them by a mould.
COUNTRY SKETCHES.-TELEGRAPH STATION, ARALUEN. -
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