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The heart of a continent : vol.1 |
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abreast on it, with towers every few hundred yards. This was
the Great Wall of China at its commencement, and it is, I think,
almost more wonderful than the Pyramids. I have seen both.
Both astounded me by their evidence of colossal industry; but
the Great Wall of China, pushing straight over the mountains,
regardless of height and distance, is, perhaps, the most impres-
sive of the two. There are points, however, in which the
Pyramids excel the Great Wall. The Pyramids are perfect
throughout. Not a flaw can be found. Each huge block is
laid with absolute precision, and there is no sign inside or out
of anything less enduring than these immense blocks of stone
being employed. The Great Wall, on the other hand, though
it runs for hundreds of miles in the magnificent state I have
described, dwindles down eventually to a mere mud wall, and,
moreover, even in the best parts, the inside of it is only rubbish.
It is not perfect throughout its entire length, nor solid right
through. The Pyramids will remain when the Great Wall
has run to ruin.
At Shan-hai-kuan we found several modern forts constructed
and armed with Krupp guns—a curious contrast to the anti-
quated wall of defence by which they lay. An instructor to
the Chinese in the use of these guns, a German non-commis-
sioned officer, was stationed here. He spoke very disparagingly
about the interest the Chinese took in their duties. It was
impossible, he said, to get them to look after their guns
properly. They could not be made to see the necessity of it,
and costly, highly finished guns were going to ruin for want of
proper care. This defect is seen everywhere in Chinese naval
and military officers.
From here we went to Kaiping. On the way we passed
cart after cart laden with coffins, and with a cock in a cage at
the top of each. A Chinaman dislikes being buried outside the
Great Wall, and as soon as his relatives can afford it, they bring
him home inside it again. These were the bodies of colonists
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