Sparrow, Walter Shaw, 1862-, Brangwyn, Frank, Sir, 1867-1956. illus · London, John Lane; New York, John Lane Company · leaf 317
orm with long and narrow archstones. The shelving parapets are decorated withsmall knobs of stone, and they do not rise to a gable point, like those in the Spanishvariety of gabled bridge; there is a flat space at the summit, and below the middleof it the small idol is placed. 248 A BOOK OF BRIDGES… … STAIRCASE BRIDGE IN CHINA When a flood threatens to overwhelm a bridge, andparticularly a bamboo suspension bridge, which is a com-mon thing in the mountains, the local official and thepeople throw a living pig into the river, to stay the risingwater: the pig disappears, and the flood goes on. * *…
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