thefe to march with him^ that he might by this outward 
Pomp Aftonifh thefe Barbarous People, to ftricke them 
with a Fear and Refped of his EmperialMajefty. 
For the Empire of Chim never had any Enemies more 
to be feared than thefe Weftern Tartars ) which beginning 
on the eaft of China incompafs it with an almoft Infinite of 
people, and keep it as it were continually beleagured on 
the North and Weft fides thereof ; and 'twas to make a 
Bulwork againft their Incurfions, that a Chinefe Emperor 
in Antient times caufed this great Wall to be Bailt, which 
feperates China from their Countrey. I have pa|fed it fewer 
times, and have confidered it very attentively/' And I can 
fay without Hyperbolizing, that all the feven Wonders 
of the World put together, are not comparable to this 
worke. And all that Fame has fpred concerning it among 
the Eurofeans^ is far fliort of what I my felfhave feen. 
Two things have more efpecially canfed my Admiration, 
The firft is, that in this long extent from the Eafl: to the 
Weft, it paiTes in feveral places not only through vaft chani- 
panes, but alfo above the tops of exceeding high Moun- 
tains, upon wliich it is railed by little, & lictle, and Fortifyed 
at certaine Intervales with great Towers; not diiiant the one 
from the other more then two flight fhot. At our return I 
had the curiofity to meafure the hight of it in one place By 
meanes ofan Iniirument, and I found that it was in that 
place 10^7 Geometrical feet zbovQ the Horizon ; in ixich fort 
that 'tis h^rd to comprehend how 'twas poirible to Eievate 
this Enormous Bulwork to the hight wefaw ii, in places 
dry and full of Mountains, whence they muft be obieiged 
to bring from, a great diftance with Incredible Labour, the 
Water, Brick,- Morter, and all the' Materials neceliiiry for 
fo great a Work. 
The fecond thing that Surprifed me was that this Wall is 
not continued upon the fame Line, but beat in diners pla- 
ces following the Situation of the Mountains, in fiich man- 
jier that inftead of one Wall, one may fay that there are 
H three, 
