Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860, Leighton, John, 1822-1912, Martin, William, 1801-1867 · London : Darton and Co · leaf 137
This Wall is no longer of much use as a fortification,and is now regarded more as a curiosity. The mass ofmaterials used in its construction would be sufficient to builda thick wall, six feet in height, all round the globe. Chinais also famous for triumphal arches, erected to the memory 118… … K$P< at the tombs of their ancestors, whom they regard with thegreatest veneration. Most of the Chinese cities have large bells set up in theirhigh towers, by which notice is given of the different watchesof the night. The first watch is denoted by a single stroke ;the second, by two; the third,…
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