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The General History Of China:
man , of a reddish grey marble , very ill polished and adorned with , mouldings . All these courts are surrounded with low buildings covered with yejlow tiles : At the bottom of this third court there is a large buildjug flanked with two pavilions which join two wings , and are terminated by two other pavilions like the first , that is , with double roofeand surrounded with galleries the same as the wingsand the
, , bottom of the building , which is raised on a platform of bricks with its parapet , and little embrasures , and is near thirty-five feet hi gh : the level of the platform , which is six feet hi gher than the level of the ground , is built of marble ; there are three gates at the bottom like the former , tvith this difference , that the nails and plates of iron are ilt ; there were guards at this gate .
g After we had passed ' through these three courts , which have nothing remarkable excepting their extent , we went into a fourth , ' xvhicfi is near fourscore geometrical paces square , and very pleasant ; it is surrounded with galleries that are interrupted , at proper distances , with little open halls somewhat hi gher , over against which there are steps of white marble which go quite round .
This court has a little canal in it , which is lined with white marble ; the sides are adorned with balisters of the same kind ; there are four or five bridges over this canal of one arch , of white marble , and adorned with mouldings and basso relievos ; in the bottom of this court there is a large and magnificent hall , which has three fine stair-cases to go up to it , whose flights are adorned with
balisters of the same . The fifth court is near the same form and size ; there are in it large perrons raised in the form of a square three stories hi gh , and adorned at each story with balisters of white marble . These perrons take up near half the length of the court , and near two thirds of its breadth ; it is about ei ghteen feet hi gh , built upon a fcase of marble of Slumwhich is and onlsix feet hi
, coarser y gh : there are three stair-cases that ascend to the " top , that of the middle is the most considerable ; on the top of the perrons are eight vases of copper near seven feet high , and at the bottom of the middle stair-case are two large copper lions : these perrons are over against a hirge and magnificent hall , where the Emperor receives the memorials and petitionswhich the Mandarins of the Sovereio-n
Tri-, bunals come to present him daily , after having performed the accustomed ceremony of bowing at the foot of the great stairs . Afterwards we passed through two other such courts ; with pervons of the same form and manner , and surrounded with the like fa ( ii ! dirigs ,-and stair-cases with balisters round them : after we had crossed the last of these courts we were conducted through a door on
the right hand , which brought us into another court , whose length was near 200 paces : it is a kind . of hippodrome , * ( a place for tilting , or horse-racing ) at the end of which on the left hand there is a great hall which stands open ; we found guards there , and waited till the mandarin , who was to conduct us into the apartment of the Emperor , cams to us , - ' { To be continued ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The General History Of China:
man , of a reddish grey marble , very ill polished and adorned with , mouldings . All these courts are surrounded with low buildings covered with yejlow tiles : At the bottom of this third court there is a large buildjug flanked with two pavilions which join two wings , and are terminated by two other pavilions like the first , that is , with double roofeand surrounded with galleries the same as the wingsand the
, , bottom of the building , which is raised on a platform of bricks with its parapet , and little embrasures , and is near thirty-five feet hi gh : the level of the platform , which is six feet hi gher than the level of the ground , is built of marble ; there are three gates at the bottom like the former , tvith this difference , that the nails and plates of iron are ilt ; there were guards at this gate .
g After we had passed ' through these three courts , which have nothing remarkable excepting their extent , we went into a fourth , ' xvhicfi is near fourscore geometrical paces square , and very pleasant ; it is surrounded with galleries that are interrupted , at proper distances , with little open halls somewhat hi gher , over against which there are steps of white marble which go quite round .
This court has a little canal in it , which is lined with white marble ; the sides are adorned with balisters of the same kind ; there are four or five bridges over this canal of one arch , of white marble , and adorned with mouldings and basso relievos ; in the bottom of this court there is a large and magnificent hall , which has three fine stair-cases to go up to it , whose flights are adorned with
balisters of the same . The fifth court is near the same form and size ; there are in it large perrons raised in the form of a square three stories hi gh , and adorned at each story with balisters of white marble . These perrons take up near half the length of the court , and near two thirds of its breadth ; it is about ei ghteen feet hi gh , built upon a fcase of marble of Slumwhich is and onlsix feet hi
, coarser y gh : there are three stair-cases that ascend to the " top , that of the middle is the most considerable ; on the top of the perrons are eight vases of copper near seven feet high , and at the bottom of the middle stair-case are two large copper lions : these perrons are over against a hirge and magnificent hall , where the Emperor receives the memorials and petitionswhich the Mandarins of the Sovereio-n
Tri-, bunals come to present him daily , after having performed the accustomed ceremony of bowing at the foot of the great stairs . Afterwards we passed through two other such courts ; with pervons of the same form and manner , and surrounded with the like fa ( ii ! dirigs ,-and stair-cases with balisters round them : after we had crossed the last of these courts we were conducted through a door on
the right hand , which brought us into another court , whose length was near 200 paces : it is a kind . of hippodrome , * ( a place for tilting , or horse-racing ) at the end of which on the left hand there is a great hall which stands open ; we found guards there , and waited till the mandarin , who was to conduct us into the apartment of the Emperor , cams to us , - ' { To be continued ,