journey b miserable will be the ^condition of the latter, asfhe more
Hah-choo- jg Consumed iö sttfply iÉ^^be superfluities, the
"" less jremalns for Obtaining the necessaries/M life,.; The
houses were -in general of simple .construction, and in
height one stóf-y .r- The foundations were-offreestoneor
granite, drawn from the nearest mountains. The. walls
were generally built of bricks^ of an earth, selected with
cate, and burnt with ctilm o r; wood, in :*^lósèi kilns or
ovens, as -are the tiles which itti-auast*
alternately concave and convex, and forming^ridges and
furrows, Illed by a cement of clay. The timber. ®sed in
building, is chiefly thé larch »fit, which-is planted in ^ lft»
tions on the mountains too cold or steep for other culture*
The windows ate small, and areof papér instead of glass.
Very little iron is uSed, scarcely oven a nail; in-.any of
their build ings. The floors are not oftplanks ^biit of unar-f
ble flags, or indurated earth .' In degant ^rd public strac-!
teres, a rangéof Columns made of the entireArunkss aafibe
same kind of fir, run pyrallelto theoutside walls ,between
which and the -columns a gallery is thus formed. The
body of the roof, in that case, rests upon the wallapand
its projecting part'OUly upon the columns. In particular
buildings, the roofs are Sometimes double or treble, at the
distance of a few feet one above the other. All public
buildings, and most palaces, have their chief doors and
windows to the south. The principal edifices are a hall
of audience, in which complaints are heard, and justice
administered collgge>fbr students in whiebithey- are
examined lor /legiccs ^temples for public worr
ship of?divers 3granaries,, ,in order? ixnbe provided
affiaj»s;t. famine^ ;andtfi public library^ The ordinary
housesladya-nce-jt® the„sf;reefcs; without cbJ-umns ; instead
of which, such as have- sfi^ps# hangmuttwo tall poles,
paihtedb^ldigdt, .and crossed with boardis^tbo’.Inform the
lettered,,passenger, iii.-large golden? characterise! and the
unlearned, ?k y vd’-aMiiiislons.. of m e articles with
whichbe might be supplied. Withinside, the ornaments
areifeiw, and the/birnitpre simple. E ve|yrtjjiaig-iof wood
is.ppnited'redrand varnished.' The,main sttieets, and pant
p;fpbeAsnkiarbs ..of t>hes§«tow® S-evexhiibLfcedbitlbe agitating.
a-®db#'otivityf»o£ commerce, partfyij^cnasioned tbyt the
■priaarAmi ly lff river,- $5&jj which ' tajadinig^vessels per®
oemtipuaflly^assing. Man» ^spdo^^^n!ahfeJ;ibeff©re the
villages as ^fhasttojpasf^ 1
.s5-.Blate;#S af jthe(folio -vol-proai is a v*iewj©ftfie:^suburbs
of a^GhinesejGity. The. double^oofed edifice on feb&ightf
handlside, is^a,temple of rieligiausiw.orship. The small
budding on four.poles,»!® be asGendechbyfa ladder, is a
look-out housds Jone ©f yfhicl^Wei^sfied^at.ia'lmost ‘eve*-
^m ilita ry. post; *nfl -.that with a^g^teway through itt
serves, as .a repository dear apns, clothes ,-ytnd ether milh
taajy iStoges,. The method of fishing with :&«net sbrofChed
put*by four pieces, h£ bamboo, laridcsuspeMed by'jadong
pole, as in the hands of ,tihe figure- sittin:g;on the bank
m
ourney to
lan-choo-
foo.
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