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Show T- the Empive of Cxiyy 1 - Ways wel| a "In'the Provirice Higuang, 'nearto the Ciry Clayaizgzzizg, 1s another Sluce of {tone having {everal'Arches; ereitebdy King Gie; - va "C)', dll‘OUg In'the Province of Kiang(i, in the'little City 6F Ganoin " ate three Sy film bu thy over whichi he Entflflinmm the flung her felf headlon lces, namely, on one _;mqther with 'Chains, upon'‘which lye the ‘Plank atllrdyTi(;:Et)Sér %g compilethe Brldges one or ‘two of ‘which Boats are {o contr ved and ordere ;hat tbc%r eafi;ly rerlx]love to OEen or fhut, and fo make paflage for Veffels a plea it admirable piec ure, atterthey have payed their Toll, for t Toll'.houfe at the foot of 'the Bridge ge rcroof thege flapds "1In the Province of Gbgkiaf?g,near the fifth chief Cit y Xinhoa,from t e top of th cof ishardly to b Between thi yws ¢, and the Inhabi Mountain Fanguien, is a very large Bridge made over 3 Vale, whi h is {o ftupendi ousa wor'i‘c, thatitfillsall People withadmiration thatever faw jr on of the high an In the{ameProvince, in"the -City Luks, is a Bridge confift f Stone-Pilla and Wooden Planks, which1s a hundred Rod in lenggth EIR 2. D In the Province of Fokien, in the chief City Focheu, isa very ftate y Sluce o ‘one hundred fifty Rod‘long, and halfaRod b road, built over an Inlet of th of Ye].low an'd White Stone, withone hundred very lofty Archcs , Adornefi a(;ac Travel toward th to tarn towardsth t ve a Vherefor y+ f wanens e th i t wa Army fcfied throughth g h f Moun by obfcares the P to ferve the way e w&o?::v eniencic ] by chance F¢ b which 1 l~"hh:avhi':.h the Y Ik}fi gifhed the dc of fOlr'(q Beautffied Wlt.h Sculpture of Lyons and other Creatures." The Iike lyes nea t the City Foeing, and accordingto the relation of the Chinefes is one hundre eighty Rod long In the {econd chief City Cixenchern, may be feen a fately Bridge. called the like whereof is hardly to be feen in the whole w: orldy, whcg);fe, D: {crip tion certain Chinefe Hiftorian gives after this manner Near to the City Burrolilicu - (fays he) lyes over the River Loyang, the Bridge Loyang, which s allo called Vangang.. The Governour of the City named Cayang, caufed this Bridoe to be made which 1s .three hundred fixcy'Rod long, and balfa Rod broad Bgfore the erec?c ing of this Bridge, People were Ferried over in Boats; but in regard every year {everal Boats were caft away by foul weather, the Governour for the prefervation and fafety of the Inhabitants, refolved to build this Bridge, whichhe did o Black ftone; ‘it refts upon no Arches, but has at leaft three hundced heavy fton Pedeftals or Colamns,made after the fathion of Boats, whichare (harp before, th better to wickiftand the force of the watry Current ; and to prevent an y danger: t a e dhereo p inro the River, where fhe wa In the fame Province, in the City of Canchen , .where the River Cha g and Ca meetin one; is a very long Bridge, built upon one hundred and thire ped t Welt; all of the are ftone, curioufl , Dragons, and th FiL8«1 y s sfix r Martiage , and in regard it is. held in Chin great difhonour to Honeft Women to Matry the' febond time, fhe went and [; ¢ Wlth her Fat'h'er and MOthe_r, ‘that by ‘the ‘enjo ment of their company (he r'nl'v'e the betterand more éafily forgee the Fofs "of he Husband. But not long atl'tgcr her Father'a.n‘d\ Mothef\;'bo.'t‘h hapned'to dye, by who eé Tof; being left comflg)rtlcfi fhe upon fefnous debate wichin her felf, 1aid out her Fliac upon. Building of thi Bridge, w.hrchflfiands upon féveral Arches; and when the h d finj(hed it b%i troubled in !}Cl' t‘ho.ughtvs,' the came early in a orning to take a Vi,f:W o% z,h %tru&.u.rs, jghlc-}g ha}/lx]ng done, and imagining her Mem ry would be {ufficientl Dt::g;zed, 1ereby Xan lbtrc i"gfil hld m ftory of it goes thus: That the Daughteorf Rich Parents band tlfa't d_yed foon ‘after h d upon Co3yy ve e thy to bc: {] quf:n‘ofz,and called the B'rid'g';e ofy()b'ediefi:é' atilsr%:]sb;;g;g? wol: Datura] SIUCc ) lye thor fuch aspals ‘over this Bridge thefides of it are walled inwit ftone to a goo height, and Beautified infeveral places wich Images of all {orts, according to th fafhion of the Countrey In the third chief City Cangchen, there is tobe obferved another very ftatel Bridge made of ftone, with thirty fix very high and great Arches; it15 fo commodioufly broad, that Shops are made on both (ides, and yet room enough fo Paflengers either on Horfe or Foot Ther |