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Show L " The EmBass o o N e = e R A o - >' e 1 e lyeall in a heap of Afhes, and the Streets full of Rubbifh and; Saaiked by th§ Tartar, who left nothing fianding but on Triumph};l l;‘::fi t t t f men which ferve o of th this City: participate¢d of the Game misfortane with the reft, , aand wa‘ totall -- e o L =T T . YR é4 e ------ ¥ e 15 D ANki 20 fl} " eS g We lefc immediately this miferable Town; and cam ‘Cal'k'd Pekkinfe, whofe fituation is moft Pleafan,t, a:d whcr t : gzl)nodc %lr[:ll;tis‘c/llrlilsg m all Naval Materials, to the great benefit of the Inhabitants. At a great ifiani before you come to this Village, you feefeveral Cliffs which have been fo wo | j;;derfu.Hy cut .and ordered by Art and Labour, thatth very fight thereof filled all with admiration : but the laft War has very much d faced the beauty of the and you have now only left the Ruines. whereby to judg what a brave }(,)mamel::t, they were formerly. Thevery defiru@ion of the e Artificial Rocks, f{ufficient dfj‘ciares what vaft devaftations befel the whole E pire of Chinz in the laft \2/' of the ?arfary 5 who did not only Ruine th greateft Cities, Towns, and Villa eas but neither fuffered any Ornamentsto continu eminent in )the Cou)ntre ; for %aot any placeef note efcaped the fury of thofe Barbarous People, e cept thz fm eria SO'E}(; ‘;f F el{"{% Which the Tartars favoured after they had taken it here:ai;::eer[.] molt rare and exquiifite Curiofities, whereo we fhall make mentio J h regard of the e)ftraordinary ftrangenef of thefe Stone Cliff; made by Are, élc;vfone of them whic had {uffered leaft prejudice by the Tartars, an was a Izvt.()éry}f}ootx vm height, which you have Ifere in t e annexed Print 5 that {o you Y Judge how the reft of them were contrived The like Artificial Rocks are t be feen hiimmiieellfes1n nthetheheatEmperours Court, where the oreat Tartar Cham often refrefhe of Summer W highan bugt enough Bdifice 12 big lnd H the Em |