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Show v/l ‘g" " ; i 84 The EmMBaAssy of th o i ity ~ PAGODE arTE ca tth tar} pef gil P Ry ch'a Spm A~ ofte Tabl T they fror feIO fom his unfh In the middle of the Plain ftands a high Steepl o o s which far exceeds all other Workmanthip of the C inefes in coft and skill, b which the Chinefes have declared to the world, the rare ingenui y of their Artif} in former Ages This Tower hasnine rounds,and one hundred cighty fou f e t t t p round i adorned with a Gallery full of Images and PiGtures lights (asisexpreft in the annexed Print.) - Th out-fide is all Glazed over an Painted with feveral Colours, as Green, Red, and Y llow The whole Fabric confifts of feveral Pieces, which are {o Artificially Ceme ted, as if the work wer all of one Piece. © Round about al] the corners o the Galleries, hang little Bells which make a very pretty noife when the wind jangle them : The top of th Tower was Crowned with a Pine-Apple, which as th y fay, was made of Mafl Gold From the upper Gallery you may fee not onl y over th C t alfo over the adjacent Countrics to the other fide of t e River Kiang, which i a moft delightful Profpe&; efpecially if you obferv the vaft circumference o the City, reaching with her Suburb to the River fide This wonderful Pile (as they inform us) the Chinefes buil a t e c a g s commanded by the infulting Conquerour the Tarta , to them a Pillar of Honour to the Subdued of Obloquie, feven hundred y ars fince, when in like manney, a lately, they over-ran all China, bringing the whol Country underabfolute obedience. The now prevailing Foe, whether Con uered by the extraordinar beauty and magnificence, would ot permit the emolithing nor defacinign th leaft of this noble Structure, or whether the had it in their thoughts, that th prefervation of it would not only7 continue t e memory of their firft Conquefts butadde to their Fame this Cha hud wea whic ment H l fro ill wit Ve th wWa do uef P o hi t t heir {econd fubduingr of them ; fo no it ftands fir Round about this Plajn are alfo Wood of Pine, where formerly were buil goodly Edifices, where they interred thei former Emperours, which the Tartar totally demolifhed According to all outward appearance we found thefe people to exceed no only all the reft of their Nationin Candour, Sincerity and Civil Demeanour, bu asmuch cxcelling i ' i and entire as at the firft Scicjncc an Undcrfianding There arealfo {everal of th Inha |