j^. THE SHOEMAX^OO AT PEGU. 589 
residence in the north of Chinn, .■incl in tlie country 
5 ^^'®Mohguls, to have remained ignorant of so stupendous 
Amid these difficulties, it may be roasiuiably con- 
ii, *-hat similar modes of defence liad been adopted 
iiij/lpctent ages ; and that the ancient rude barrier, hav- 
Vjjj “hen into decay, was replaced, perhaps after the in- 
i(j of Zingis, by the present erection, which, even from 
'> 10 ^''*'® of preservation, can scarcely aspire to a very re- 
antiquity. 
POnCELAIN TOWER AT NANKIN. 
Of ^®legant and commodious building, a very correct idea 
may be formed from the cut, may be regarded 
specimen of oriental pagodas. Tiie tower is about 
tljvj/^'^dred feet in height, and derives its name from it* 
*■>6 fi ^ ® chain or porcelain coating. Tiie Portuguese were 
^o bestow on these superb edifices the title of pa- 
and to attribute them to devotional purposes. There 
little doubt, however, that in many instances they 
•tjv,, l^aen rather erected as public memorials or prna- 
> like the columns of the Greeks and Romans 
in his Journal of the late Embassy to China, 
that, in the company of three gentlemen of the 
lilj he succeeded in passing completely through 
'tiB(i*^’^*l'abitxd part of the city of Nankin, and in reach- 
Itij gateway visible from tlie Lion Ilil!. The object of 
\ j’®'"ty was to have penetrated tlirough tiie streets to 
'111, tircelain Tower, apparently distant two miles. To 
cconipanied them, and 
fit, " ■ ” 
the soldiers who 
' ■ ‘''oin their willingness in allowing tliem to proceed 
!qi ‘‘'‘j Were entitled to consideration, made so many ob- 
that they were forced to desist, and to concent 
tj]]. '"Clves with proceeding to a temple on a neighbouring 
^'h* which they had a very coraislete view of the 
y, they had a very corapic— ... . — 
''Self ^'"otn this station the Porcelain Tower presented 
a most magnificent object. 
THE SIIOEMADOO .\,T PEOU. 
Sice in Pegu that most attracts and most merits 
Mr. Symes in ins Embassy to Av\, is the 
of Shoeuiadoo, or the (joklen Supreme, 
•’Is 
Extraordinary pile of buildings is erected on a 
