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"O f th&i -piles ave la'Id &oorfs An equal le'not'4vcv ow ofwhicb
is mvemy 
"two Paces in length, and two in breadth, as I neafur'd them; and of
there 
"Stones there ate I40 ooall alike : and to prcvcnt falling off, there
are Rails 
cct .,.Lr     iffl  ^fe A-11 ;%  i~nf  %  fkm  "xzvAAU 4.*ev Aw, lg
fn.eamoonpt - A 
-wun lIjI .JIZns CUIE 41 aEBC U . 115UJiLALYW WVbIWALZ 111XLIY 14HU"~
JAUIAIL 53 
"mofi   kpendiQUs 0rk, a'nd deferVe-hi admirsd: But this is only the
De- 
g fcription of part of this Bridge, which lieth between the Town Logan, and
"a Cilfic _buit upon the Bridge; the other _part being equal. That this
Bridge fhould be built with fo little Cof*, is no wonder, confidering the
greatefi part of the Laborers f vegriciatin ?Mlick Works, and thofe that
re- 
ceive Wages have not the tenth part fo much as our Laborers in Europe. Mar-
cus Ilaulum Yenetus maketh mention alfo of this Bridge when he dr-ehe 
City of Xartes. 
There is a Bridge ih the'Novince of 9jjicbes call'd Tiefem, that is, Built
by 
Heaven; it is a mofi excellent Work of Nature, con fifting of one Stone,
over 
t'he ottt ai i,4~hebfe 1,,ti'tudeistcwo,?Nrelhes,'4and4r Longitude twenty.
This PThee formverlty Was Ihutitup wkihw'a Murtain ; sbuthby the force and
Viodkncc df lhe Ploods .-he; unMbia being uren uay and :hollow'd, this 
Beikge -was keft. 
Inthe -ProVincetof Xenfi is a 'Wat h'tadc'with Rigesby theGeneral of an 
Army nmed Cbauleang, in 'the making whereof an Army of many -hundred 
thoufandMen were cmploycdl, .*hole Mtuncaiwsct through at fiwh a depth, 
thac'che ides perpendicularly equail with ttp of the Mountains, fee  to 
bravethe'Clouds, and yet every way admitteth the, Light that -lapfeth from
above. In fome Places he built Bridges with"Beams and Spars laid from
Mountain to Mountain, and upheld by Beanmsplacd under them; in places 
where the"Valloys are, widePillars areaply'd. The-third 0at ofthe'Voyage
confifleth of Bridges of fogreat heighth, that you fcarcely dare lookdown';
thebreadth of the Way is capable dfreeivingfourHorfemen abreafi, and to 
prevent falling, they have plac'd Rails of Wood and Iron on both fides; it
is 
call'd Cientao, that is, The Bridge of Props and (ails, and was ereaed to
fhorten 
the Way from the City of Hancbung unto the Metropolitan City of Siganfu,
which before was 20000 Stadia, through many Turnings and Windings ; and 
now by the Paffage through tcefe Mountains, their Voyage is but 8c ;Stadii.
There 
fITHA.7ASIVS 11(Hc' 
C  H'AtP. I. 
Btridges anl wonderful Fabrickj of the Chinefes.' 
irft the Brige cjLl'd Loyaag in the Province of FvAien, built y a 
cdor Governor call'd Cayang, exceedeth all admiration, the Lon. 
de whereof extendethabout  ty. Perches, and the Latitude fix. 
ridge now fIands there wa  formerly a Paffage for Ships, but ye- 
, by reafon of the extraordinary violence of the Current. The 
this -Mige cOIl 0-000o o Crowas ;.  nningwich the Au" 
04t thish fliu ie     I twice ebdeM ld  t kithe) the famous 
ang with amazement; it is all built of one fort of black hewn 
ing no Archesj but -is erefed tipoa xhec hundred Maflie Stone- 
f the Figure of a Ship, on each fide ending in an acute Angle, that 
he lefs fuffer by the force and beating of the Waves. on the tons 
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