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Show A General Defcription of Tower, nine Stories high, with an Idol Temple adjoined to it : in the grea Nicnchen is a other of the like height Tower nine Stories high, and ferves for a Land-mar {ailing at Sea to the Ships and Mar; Laftly, Inthe Province of Chekiang, near to the City of Hangchen, lyes a Mo e hca"ed Funboang, upon the top whereo al{o ftands a like To wer of nine Stg ries high P T ash e Near to the City Vencher lyesa Hill called Paocai, upo whofe top ftan TRIUMPHA ARCHES |R '.‘g' A OS of the greatand {mall €ities in China, are Adorned and Beautifie 4 with Triumphal Arches, ftately Towers, and Pyramids, made of Ston or Marble, withgreat Art, Coft, and Ingenuity, Carved with Images; moft o which are erefed in honour of fome famous A&, Thing, ‘or Perfon; thof wh have done their Countrey any fignal fervice, have fome of thefe fet up to eterniz their' Memory;. almoft after the fame manner as was formerly praife by th Antient Romans: So alfo if any one have jbeen more excellent in earnj or ifany Magiftrate hath fignaliz'd himfelf by his good behaviour in his O%' fice and Employment 5 in honour of fuch, Arches, Towers, Pillars, or Pyramide arc Builded, and moft commonly placed as Ornaments in the chiefeft Streets, an moft populous Places. Their Fafhion is this, they have three Roofs, the bi,ggc v the middle, and on each fide a {mall one , underneath which Men pafs through a very broad Gate 5 the fides are Adorned with Lyons and other Im; ges, curioufly cut out of Marble, and fixed thereto , or otherwife very Artificiafl bored through, and fometimes Adorned with {mall Images cut out of Stone 5 f that it is indeed a thing deferving to be admired,which way they canbore throug {uch great Stones, and cut Images out of them, as they lye fixed in the Bui]ding The whole Arch confifts for the moft part, of three Stories, and is both on th front and back alike for Fafhion ; fo that when you look upon the one fide, yo have ineffe& feen bothfides Upon the topof all lyes a Blew Stone, upon whic the Emperours name is curionfly engraven in Letters of Gold, in whofe Govern ment the fame was erefted : In the middle alfo lyes a very large flat Stone, upo which is writ in Giltor Blew Letters, the Name, Countrey, and Dignity of him T e e e e e e et e N e ettt S - Aep A - - ey R e - 5 SR -- TR A e eted t i in of CHAP |