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side for military purposes,
here I saw one wide boy
about 10 yrs old, Alto the wealth
is chilly now, Several good sized
Chow dogs were slatting about.
We ascended to the top of the
wall + walked along its top,
This made of huge gray bricks &
the top's 30 feet wide & lined
by a rank growth of pines &
Thorny Jiphonius bushes. At the
commences of the wall are good pagoda
Gates built in several stones. The
wall itself is immense, being
50 feet high, 40 feet wide + having
a four foot wall of masonry with
outer surface notched for guns
or rifle fire. From the southern
Wall we could see over the
Native City & down to the
R.R. which borders the southern
edge of the wall. Soldiers of
all nations are seen doing
grand duty in the Legion