“ the fire. Had the bricks, used for the great wall, been
“ baked only in the-sun, 't-h eÿ -W d ü ld contract when
‘ ‘ exposed to a- wood fire or red heat;" but which, on
“ trial,' turned-out not to-be the case. Indeed ;-sôme
‘ ‘ of the kilns still subsist near the great wall, wheré
“ probably the bricks, of wWfch it ïs: 'totÉ^ôSêiJ,.« i$fere
nhurnedyp|
- “ T h e ‘great wall does not appear to have bèCn-ifatGftd-
S#ed ‘as a defence against cannon, since the -pairej^$|i&
^iAiuffiefefflt l®ireslst the force Cf oanriM^hbti B Wfbé
‘ ‘ soles of the embrasures of the towers ƒ wib’e observed f:p
f ‘ have been pierced with small hcdfeS;'similar' tbrThMe
“ used in E urope for the reception of thdsvmrèfe’ôf wüll-
“ piece#. T h e holes appear to be a ffârt ôf^the1 original
V5--etmstruction of the wall; a n d 'it SeêïftSdifficult tUlâf -
J ‘ isign them any o ther ; pttfpbse-, than that h f id
“ the rectiil of!fire-arms. T h e field pieces Seen in #Mria
“ are generally- mounted with swivels,- !for which thfesêv
“ holes afë well calculated; and tho the parapetS*Sre hot
“ capable Of resisting cannon shot* th ey are sufficiently
“ strong to withstand these small pieces. Several' o f
^ theMïwer.^observediont’lBë^parade o f the troops at Kbo-
“ pè-koo. T h ey were mounted upon stands; on w h ich
i ‘ th ey traversed with swivels; Fronatheséconsiderations;
it does not seeih unlikelyj that the claim of the Chi-
-*T; hêsë to a very early knowledge of the effects of gun-
pèwdtÉ'pis mot without foundation.’’
. I. From> t'Hedetaibimtawhich-Gapfcai’n:Paris h-rb as enters
ed with,38.0.muchcare^asnsapeurateadea,mayibeeformed of
thejsfea^of arcjbiit.ejj;ure;iaiid mode of defehae? among the
QfeipeJe.jpgior^to^theiQhifjstiarijerav^^nd^aiigeneFH icon-
sid,ei?ation - of' thisv barrier, j.hvisnSesu'^feheihfesblution ?and
clhipr^bensiye Aiewts afhhaytgovernjnent,'' whi&h ietald
embark ihls^yastlam undertaking];} the ad5v«rffcfedyt4lbemf
socife^yy.whichi®Quld supply, th e jjresources} f ands regulate
the progp^ssf of .such a work ;.andlthe i^igAurHand pgfcse-
irtaji^e with whichit,was dar^iedr40>p^rfeGtion/ |
The line>iubjas,t raced]jcpntiniues still<to.be considered
|:Sl#>dej^arhatiQn between jblp*respe.ctive-,'nations of Ghu
pese-andi«Tai|a'rs.. TliOijhsinde thdhiuniofi,, ?. un.d'ersone
abspLufe domipjonhithel^fiP^liOfi'-tljeijm'Qna'fchralome,. is
followed,atiopceiwith implicit?obedienod8atfifheipart>,^$
alibis, suhj OgtS’-indiscriminaitekyy yet eaGh^pe6!ple..stili retains
ideas.jof local claims; and’juri«di gbipns a ; ft
tig Soon- after the Embitssador-« h ad* #,S£dutlae i Ch ine s a
wall, one of the Tartar attendants, was |Jpm|£ tpjjbe ?pu-
n ittle^f^|«§c:piltdsipeahOUrr:^,ordep,#^>Odflhf®se'-
mandarines;; :bu^ihexrfcsisted^withh lipdhhy^henieiifcojig
loudly exclaiming, that no. Ghinese had a r-ightiof exer-
cisjpggtithority»ut®|ei; him-on, the Tsartar vsid.eiof{t-feei gjgeat
Ayall.; ; , r
Hjs Excellency was visited, at'th‘e .nexf;stag| after,his
arrival in the Tartar»-territories, by a military mandoline
of thatpatipn. He h^ibGged-to thehpa4&§e,,aiidtthoT0£
View of the
great Walk