Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 152
ntains about twelve square miles; in paved on the top with slabs of stone, affordinga promenade twelve feet wide. There are six-teen gates in all, and each gateway is fortifiedwith towers of stone; and other towers arefixed at intervals of about sixty yards all aroundthe walls. These towers project… … WEST GATE OF PEKIN. this are the palaces, government buildings,troops, and military barracks. The southernpart is the Chinese city, and is more populousthan the Tartar, less of its space being takenup by gardens and public buildings. The pop-ulation is estimated at different figures; but…
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