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There was too much silence in the dim alleys between them, and the floor was too soft with the dank moss and mattings of infinite years of decay.

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A few of the boldest men pushed their way in and squatted silently behind us as we sat on mattings around the little table where the hetman's wife -- weeping and biting her lips all the while -- spread our feast.

The Urth of the New Sun Wolfe, Gene 1987

Woven mattings covered the floor, and filmy white curtains at the long French doors helped to keep out insects.

The Curse of the Pharaohs Peters, Elizabeth, 1927- 1981

Sticks, stones, bits of old iron, worn-out mattings and gunny-sacks entered more or less into the construction of these dens, all stuck together with the inevitable adobe mud.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880. Various

I have gold and ivory, laces, shawls, silks, fancy wares, rugs, mattings, spices and perfumes; and I have brought with me some as an offering to you '(and here he ordered his servants to bring the presents in and display them before her).

A California Girl Edward Eldridge

The articles commonly found in these houses are domestic and imported wools, cotton, canned goods, peanuts, yarns, cotton piece goods, mattings, dry goods, etc.

Up To Date Business Home Study Circle Library Series (Volume II.) Various

To escape the bad air of the boat, where all the mattings were down, I sat under an umbrella on the bank.

A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia Elizabeth Kimball Kendall

At Washington, they found the straw mattings had superseded woollen carpets, and the fire-places were ornamented with green branches.

Rich Enough a tale of the times Hannah Farnham Sawyer Lee

A tile or inlaid floor is the most appropriate, but if circumstances do not admit of one of these, a floor stained a deep wood-brown, base board and moldings to correspond, may be substituted; when India mattings and rugs may be used.

The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources Anonymous

The display consisted of steam-pipe coverings, mattings, packings, and everything of that nature required in heating and steam machinery; also asbestos mattings and fire screens, heavy papering and cardboards, and other things that asbestos can be worked into.

Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission