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Murichom. For the best explanation of its construction, I refer to the 
annexed plan and sections, constructed from a measurement of the dif¬ 
ferent parts. Piute III. A perspective view of it, and the adjacent 
scenery, is given in Plate IV. 
Only one horse is admitted to go over it at a time : it swings as you 
tread upon it, reacting at the same time with a force that impels you, 
every step you take, to quicken your pace. It may be necessary to 
say, in explanation of the plan, that on the five chains that support 
the platform, are placed several layers of strong coarse mats of bam¬ 
boo, loosely put down, so as to play with the swing of the bridge; and 
that a fence on each side, of the same materials, contributes to the 
security of the passenger. A similar bridge, over the river Tees, is 
described by Hutchinson, in his History and Antiquities of Durham. 
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“ About two miles above Middleton, where the river falls in repeated 
cascades, a bridge, suspended on iron chains, is stretched from rock 
to rock, over a chasm near sixty feet deep, for the passage of travel¬ 
lers, but particularly for miners: the bridge is seventy feet in length, 
and little more than two feet broad, with a hand rail on one side, and 
planked in such a manner that the traveller experiences all the tre¬ 
mulous motion of the chain, and sees himself suspended over a roaring 
gulph, on an agitated restless gangway, to which few travellers dare 
trust themselves/’ 
The castle of Chuka makes a very respectable appearance. It is 
a large square building, placed on elevated ground t there is only one 
entrance into it, by a flight of steps, and through a spacious gateway, 
with large heavy doors *. it is built of stone, and the walls are of a pro- 
