ere is a fine suspension bridge, mentionedby Marcel Monnier {Itineraires, p. 43), from whom I borrow the cut reproduced onthis page. This bridge is also spoken of by Captain Gill {I.e. I. p. 335) : Six ropes,one above the other, are stretched very tightly, and connected by vertical battens ofwood… … Bridge near Kwan-hsien (Cheng-tu). Note 3.—(G. T.) Hi est le couiereque dou Grant Sire, ce est cih qe recevent larente dou Seignor. Pauthier has co7wert. Both are, I doubt not, misreadings ormisunderstandings of comereque or comerc. This word, founded on the Latin com-mercium, was widely spread…
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