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Duck-Boards
Duckboards are platforms of wooden slats built over muddy ground to form a dry passageway. From WIKI
Lady Montague
The Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (26 May 1689 – 21 August 1762) was an English aristocrat and writer. Montagu is today chiefly remembered for her letters, particularly her letters from Turkey, which have been described by Billie Melman as “the very first example of a secular work by a woman about the Muslim Orient”. From WIKI - Also, see page 691.
