. Popular science monthly. the image is not less than one hundred feet,that of the hill not less than two hundred. As the camera was pointingupward at a small angle, the vertical distances must be greater than thefigures given. The reader will observe by glancing at the picture that a series offive tiled roofs, descending like a flight of steps, have been built beforethe image to protect it from the weather, so that only the face can beseen from without. But by going within, the location of the feet can bedetermined; they are on a level with the space between the two lowestroofs. A white-front
. Popular science monthly. the image is not less than one hundred feet,that of the hill not less than two hundred. As the camera was pointingupward at a small angle, the vertical distances must be greater than thefigures given. The reader will observe by glancing at the picture that a series offive tiled roofs, descending like a flight of steps, have been built beforethe image to protect it from the weather, so that only the face can beseen from without. But by going within, the location of the feet can bedetermined; they are on a level with the space between the two lowestroofs. A white-fronted structure may be seen below and to the right;it is a temple, and another temple crowns the height. As the writer 564 THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY and his men came in sight of the Great Buddha, we paused and restedfrom our journey at a point near one of the gates to the walled citywhich lies in the valley below. As our eyes turned to the great face,which has been gilded until it shines like metal, as the imnlense size and. A WdNDEKFUL TAGODA, WITH TILED ROOFS, IN WESTEEN CHINA. perfect preservation of the idol made their impression, the thought thatcame to my mind was, How far more marvelous is this than many ofthe worlds boasted wonders. I thought of the Colossi at Thebes andthe Sphinx. What are they? Scarred, ruined and defaced by the handof man and the effects of time, they are scarcely recognizable as are little better than lumps of battered rock. But far in the westof China sits this old Buddha, remote from the tracks of travel, un-noticed and almost unknown; yet greater in size than the Egyptian REMARKABLE MONUMENT IN WESTERN CHINA 565 Colossi, his proportions preserved in all their pristine freshness, templesabove and below him, and priests in attendance to keep the incenseburning at his feet. There he sits, grimly gazing out over the tiledroofs of the city which lies before him.
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