The Great Wall of CHINA.
7/- '' y '.;m> ... '"'-''■■"" "'■," An American engineer* who^ being engaged Wtjib.construetipn of »%ailway m ChinaSafHaad unusually favourable opwrtunifef of examining the famous Great Wa%built to obstruct the incurDions of the^artaj-s , git es the following account of this wonderful work :— «« The wall 1728 mileslong, 18ft. highland 15ft. thick at the top. The foundation throughout is of solid granite, the remainder of compact masomy. At intervals jof between 200 and 300 yards, 24ft. m diameter. On .the. top of the vail, and On 'both sides 'of it, are masonry parapets, to^nable the defenders to pass unseett from, one tower to another. The walniself^carried from point -to^point in * ; a' perfectly straight line, across vallSys arid plains ahdover hills, without the slightest regard, to the confiiuration iof the ground^sbmetimes plunging down Into abysses of 1000 feetrdee^' 'Brooks and rivers are bridged'* verity' the wall, while on both hanksiof^er'Streanis strong flanking towers are placed."
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 227, 28 August 1883, Page 3
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153The Great Wall of CHINA. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 227, 28 August 1883, Page 3
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