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POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY 



View from the Top of the Sea Wall, showing the Successive Ledges of the 

 Sea-footing and a Buffer in the Distance. 



driven. These buffers are slightly higher than the sea-wall itself 

 and also extend out beyond the last row of piles which forms the edge 

 of the wall's sea-foot. Topped with earth which affords a rooting- 

 place for bushes and small trees, they constitute a notable feature of 

 this very creditable piece of Chinese engineering. Some idea of the 

 destructive force of the bore may be had by inspecting the first buffer 

 east of the pagoda. It is about one third demolished, so that instead 

 of a well-rounded form it now consists of four or five distinct terraces, 

 which are probably constantly settling down and pushing the lower 

 terraces into positions affording less resistance to the tide. On the 

 other hand, the buffer just west of the pagoda is in splendid repair 

 and behind it high up on the topmost granite platform several junks 

 were enjoying a safe shelter. 



The stones on the top of the wall are from twelve to sixteen inches 

 wide, sixteen to eighteen inches thick, and from three and a half to 

 four feet long, and most of the blocks used both in the wall and in the 

 platforms of the footing seem equally large. Along the top of the 



