HOW MEN SLEEP.
In' Iho tropics men sleep in hammucks or upon mats of grass. The East Indian unrolls his light portable eharpoy or mattress, which in tho morning is again rolled together and carried away by him. The Japanese lie upon matting, with a still', uncomfortable wooden neckrust. The Chinese use low bedsteads, often elaborately carved, and supporting only mats or coverlids. A peculiarity of the German bed is its shortness; beside that, it frequently consists in part of a large down pillow or upper mattress, which spreads over the person, and usually answers the purpose of all the other ordinary bed-clothing combined. In England the old four-posted bedstead is still the pride of the nation, but tho iron or brass bedstead is f.ist becoming universal. The English beds .ire the largest beds in the world. The ancient (Jreeks and [Romans had their beds supported on frames, but not flat like ours. The Egyptians had a couch of a peculiar shape, more like an old-fashioned easy chair with hollow back and seat.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2941, 21 May 1891, Page 4
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173HOW MEN SLEEP. Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2941, 21 May 1891, Page 4
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