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view of the -Curtesy in their;-manirers, Ill ||l 11 than thëdaéter. Thefc Tartar
women were distinguished chiefly by hawngfeepohaina-
tural- sfoe. The headsdresssof/bothîcansktedd-m naturakor
artificialflowers. placed.ojafeach sideof the head, ahbwetfche
ears. .No woman is „«so Lpbbr; as to neglect ^op, sasf&ggdiaSftQ
giverup, adorning herself in this man»i|©r.« The^csrltun&pf
flowers for this purpftseds .a regular occupation t brought
out thq e tp ttry . By long practice, andavaTie&yp£fpxp®ri7
ments-pthe Ghinesjegardeners.have dbg©vere.d;n}p£bpd?Si©f
improving thé beauty and fragranej^ofmany of their
flowers ; such asgthe anemone, the peony,dihe matriça-wa;
and several others ; some have beensrintroducedj^asithe
tuberose, for example, by the missionariesTrorji Europe?
Thgi.influence of theilooser manners ofofehé4Eaæfa.ifs&.
oeeasionedhlreadyrnpon. this road, ».as.-upon thosg-ofdEn-
rope, the appearance e f beggai^silen'tl)^^imin^®,by
their, squalid looks, and b y the exposuieipffome: natural
or accidental blemish, the commiserationahdTgharity/ef
passengers.’;',
vAJp the.'sides of distant mauntains£was?jfesc.pied> in the
morning of the fourth day f# |o u rn ey ,^ ;prphilit@*|t i ia il
or narrow and unequal mark, such as appear<tO,be fGrn3ed
sometimes, but more.irregularly, by the veins oflquartz
when' viewed from afar in the sides of.the mountains?ôf
Gneiss, in Scotland. The:continuance of thisdinerto the
Tartarian mountains’ tops, was sufficient to arrest the attention
of the beholder; and-the form of a wall, with bat-
tlemënts wstlsin a little time, distinctly discerned, where
such < buildings! w e r e d n o t^ p t e if i> > bh,ffound, nor
thought’practicable“to5’h^i^eetld.r eould;
frbiai* singl'#spb!£f§|libW
rkdmlhn-g th em d ^ f irh ills f ^ th e s to p® ol fch& ?g% ’
moOTibain^deseending into. tMe‘d 'e '^ tt^ a I* ie ^ crossing
upon ar&ibs o f erasers;,and double%^dfeSi|ed?in mariy
parts* to'*take-, in ‘important*.pass|svsand in tq ls^ rjed with
towers* ©rim assySa-stio ns y%'ali!fos t. ©very hundred! Jyapjs;
as^ar as- theisight> could! r^itBd'presenfel^di fhl|mi®dian
umpigtM&ngsof • stuptn'ddxis ■ ma^fitude. ' ApmtialView
qfowbat was> then beir<p]d|d>s abstained in Plate, N < S ^ o f
th^ijlin'^dlurtfe.' The-travClle’rs ^were%aw ufedejtp d J | ’
teSmine’ jfrom their own-feelings,. th|igat-was^t,-alone
thediihi^ b n '^ 6 £ 4 h d ^ d ls ','ftow b v e ie d i;si’deijaB:le' that
madokhe impassion » f woitder/upoh
had hitherfroysdeaif'thfee“ iMtended.b^fmfer^i^ainst the Tartars^*:
Astonishmenthfeldom is'excited b y ^
of#hh<c0Minuanee? or multiplication' of J^o.ur, Ithat may
beKperformed s by’jcommon rifoans: It whs the .extreme^
difficulty-of conceiving how the materials couldifo^eon-’
yeyed, and such stradturb&'raised, in ^tua^ons apparently
inaccessible, which prmtdpally^clsidried’su rp ri^ an d
Idmimtion, One of the mosYieleVaSfe'^ridg^'io^er wjhflch^
the: great waH is carried- has been as'certamedhodmeasurfe
fiverithpusand two hundred'and tw e fi^ ^ fife e f.
This'species of fortification, forlto^ealhfit'simply .By ’
the name of-wall does not conVey-rfm a^quate] idea of
such a fabric, is described to extend} th'o not. pqually pen!
Yiew of the
great Wall.