Large, (7 feet wide) Shallow (18 inches deep) Round tubs Made of clay, covered with porcelain Mounted on yard high brick platforms Fires beneath brick platform heats the water Bathing is done in first tubs and second tubs Second tubs are cleaning tubs Towels hang on hooks

"I closed my eyes in one of the second tubs, the cleaning tubs. There were five first tubs, and five second tubs. These were all large, shallow, round tubs, of clay, covered with porcelain, mounted on open-bricked platforms, each platform about a yard high. In this particular bath, adequate enough, I suppose, for the area, the fires beneath the bricked platforms were stirred, tended and cleaned with long-handled fire rakes. To be sure, it was late, and I suspected that the fires had not been tended since perhaps the eighteenth Ahn. The water, however, happily, was still comfortably warm. They would probably be built up again around the fifth Ahn. I had hung my wet garments on racks about the brick platform, behind the tub. They would probably be dry by now. Each tub was some seven feet in width and some eighteen inches deep. On a hook, behind me, kept for towels, and such, I had slung my scabbard." ---Renegades

"The baths here, of course, were very simple and primitive." ---Renegades

Barrels of wood chips nearby Bucket of wood chips placed in brock platform and raked Kindling, from wood bins placed on chips Narrow hardwood logs placed on top

“Stir up the fire,” said the newcomer.

Hastily the ejected fellow seized a fire rake and poked about within the platform.

“Bring more wood,” said the newcomer. “Then tend the fire. Do not leave until it is suitable.”

From one of the large barrels to the side, open near the bottom, the ejected fellow scooped out, and returned with, a bucket of wood chips, which he flung into the bricked platform. He then arranged these with the fire rake. He then returned the bucket to its place by the barrel and, from one of the wood bins, to the right, near the barrels, fetched an armload of kindling, then some narrow hardwood logs. In a few moments the chips were burning well. He then added kindling, and then, a bit later, thrust the narrow logs into the platform. He then, the reddish glow of the flames from within the platform reflected on his countenance, looked up, questioningly, frightened, at the newcomer." ---Renegades