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in the Poorana Killa, which was the citadel of Sher Shale’s city, just outside the Delhi Gate ot the modern town.”* Fergusson says that colored tiles were then freely employed.

Spanish Tiles.

Soleria, A. Y., Tarragona. In the Spanish section there were some interesting forms of tiles and mosaic work, glazed and encaustic, but chiefly glazed or enamelled, on a basis of brick clay. The largest square tiles measure 7| inches on a side, and are five- eighths of an inch thick. The tiles, of which two of the forms and combina­tions are here shown in outline, are much smaller, the hexagons being about 2^ inches long and 1^ inches wide. The colors are black and

green, and the s t a r between is white.

The pecul­iar curved triangular tile, about two inches broad and enamelled in

different colors, produces a pleasing though somewhat bewil­dering effect.

Laying and Setting Tiles.

One great drawback to the general use of tiles in the United States, especially in private residences in the coun-

* H. G. Recne, in a “ Note on the Stone Industries of Agra.’