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, ïe k ip t t e gentlemen, at a resting place within the gate. Near
it ithe walls were-faced with stone, élsewhere with brick.
O l a t h e gate ipass i*watdh tower se^etaia&toiiés frigh. In
each;storyiwere jjortrholes for, cannon, .painted, as somer
times'on the sides of merchant vessels whiohliaye. none.
Round the gate, on the outside, was a:semicircular wall,
with as lateral gate, upon the plan, of ^European i # rtifji
cations, which may bee a modern addition. -The:city
walls were about forty;feet in height. The parapet was.
deeply crenated, but had no regular .embr azures ;;mor
did any icannon appear upon tf e ;^ ^ ls ^Jbutï4ntteirher-
lons were loopbolesrfor archery. Thé thiek®cs^$@^4|^;
walls wasiptthe base about twenty feet^anditwélyej^crpss
thM terreplaine, upon which the parapet was erected. The
outside of the city wall, tho not perfectly perpendiculars
wasLsmooth, but the inside was upoft a consi^jjabie.beyiLf
the rows of bricks which form it feeing^placed,' likelstèps j:
one,above and behind the other, such aEeidbsöribedo%
be the faces <5f the Egyptian pyramids.! j Tb,e:walls:wrera
hanked on, the outside by square teweteiA$d about si^ty
yards distance from each other,narid projecting; 'from
the curtain between them forty or fifty deefo iSeyeral
horsemen were able to ride abreast upon the ramparts,
ascending to- them upon slopes of earth raised on the
in s id è lk
Pekinexhibited, ontheentrance into it, in appearance
contrary to that of European cities, in which the streets
arevoftem sotaiarrow, and:the^hduseksosloftyj§ that frori* »«ras.
ón©:exlremky o l c a ^ ^ 'e ö |iy ‘h,ouses appears afeihesother
to be leaning towhidsyland hiosirignunpn,,, eaoboother;
Here»Pew ofrthe,' frousesfiwietSghigber than&pne? stbty •
none more/ th arr'tw o yfiwhiilei> thegwiclth dfe th,%>siréetf
which divided, t-herm jwasi .considerably^bo'Ye one
drfed;feet. Ib was;afry;,*@ay,‘ andïligJaitsomföjoi
Thè söjeetlwas unpavedji and'watedsprinklèd:oni i t ;to
keepdowrithedusti - A light handsome build ihgwa-s-enagfe.
édaprossait? called by t h e .C h im e f t , ! whichtw®rdfei
been tra®&l3ted?.itD' mean a triumphal arph,:rhoifiothSiig
like anl/arghjisiin .any part: o f it. The, whèlejwas huik
of,wood hand Consisted,óf three» handsome .gateways^ óf
which tja'è middlejis'-th© highestr-aad .largest. ' Over
these werei!Constructed. three* rÖofs* abovejèach others
r-ichly decoratedh, Xargejdh'aracters-Jpkinfed or gihupori
thevuprights and the transoms, indicated ither purposed
fpr: w hich thé1 pai-Ioo was erected. Theyjar.ef! meant
to compliment particular persons, or ,to- perpetuatevthe
merilory of« some intereskingneyent. Th e Plafe^Nè.i.31.)
in thè Tolioi volume^containsfa ‘representation of such :a
building.
T h e first strèetsextended on a line direptly to'thé wesfc
ward, until it was interrupted b y the eastern-wall lofi the
ixttperialtpilaep,J,called t h e yellow wall, from the .colour
of th e small* roof óf varnished tiles, with which« the-top
of itds covered.ji¥ari©ust public buildingM seen at the same