“ wall4 he observed, was an elevation, of earth, retained
“ .on each side by a wall of masonry, andterraced b y a*
“ platform of, square bricks.1 The retainirig walls ,£cohti-
“ nued abdveits platform, form its parapets * its dimen-
“ !sions, independently of fractional parts, were- as follow:
. / Feet. Inches. :
“ Height of the brick work to the bottom-of ..
. “ the cordon»- . “ 1 <-* ■si s a S y ' a j itk 0
“ From the bottom of the cordon to the top.
“ of the parapet, ’ - X 'r- U- If ^
“ Tfotal height of the brick wall,' 2 £
“ The brick wall is placed upon a basis, of :&tO'ne>pro-
“ jecting about two feet beyond the brick-work, and'-pf
“ which the height is irregular, owing to the- irregirla-
“ rity of the ground aver which it ru n s; but not more
“ than two courses appear above the sod, amounting to
“ somewhat above two feeC %*' *
f e e t. Inches.
“ Thickness of each parapet-wall at top, l ! 6
“ At the cordon, - - _ -- 3
“ Depth of the cordon, - - 0- -'6,
*% Projection of the cordon, - - 0 6
“ Thickness of each retaining wall, where it
“ rests upon the stone base, - 5 Ö
“ The bottom of the cordon is upon a level with the
“ terrepleine of the will.
- “ Entlretllcknes^ ©fthe wall/Mclnding the elevation
df'earth, which isele^ln feet thick in*wëry‘pirt- of it.
“ At th^ bottom of the brick''wolk, - / 2 1 0 ‘
Thickness of thfe>Sfconebifs#^./xlf Vsdi u
“ There*is, in many jÉlfts’/ '3 'yin all difedh’beyond
“ the stone foundation of thé wall.
Feet. Indies.
“ In relation to the embrasures, <)heheighti'
“ of the merlonsiisbi!?, 41 rr 1 - k dy|f| 0
“ Width of the eiEtbiàsuresiwithm'and with-\. ’
' dfout ' - - -i 2 0
“ Distance ; befeWfeenWhem, - froraM èëmtre to- *
. - ■* - 0*'
5 As. to the loopho|ef||Ë
Heightof thëôpfenipg'^ • - 1-1 P
“ Width of the opening - -hi. ? 0 id
“ Depth of the scarp < - <J- 4 ' Ü
“ Distance between two * -
“ Thè bottom of the loopholes is on a JéYël wifh the
“ terrepleine of the wall; ‘and from thènéo>-thw,afe
“ sloped downwards, so as t<y,discover an enemy within
“ a few yards of the basis of the Wall It will perhaps
“ hè thought, that this position is much better calculated
x‘ far-the use of fire arms, than for .that of bows and
I arrows.
View of' the
great Wall!