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The man then jumped down from the top of the house upon a lower terrace or roof (Chat) about 7 Cubits below the top of the house. The lower terrace or Chat, upon which he jumped, is as it were a small building added to the house, the upper part or roof of which, [ILL] is used as a watercloset, the lower part is of no use. The roof of that small building is inclosed with a wall, [ILL] [or parapet] which is about 2 cobits lower than the roof of the house, and a good deal higher than a man. That small roof is enclosed