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Show China's Great Wall Intact Few peoplo realize what un almost perfect condition provnlls along a large part of tho great wull of China. Tho bricks of tho parapet aro as firm as ever, and their edges have stood the sovore climatic conditions of north China with scarcely a break. Tho paving pav-ing along tho top of tho wall Is bo smooth that ono may rldo ovor it with a bicycle, and tho great granlto blocks with which it Ib faced aro smooth and aB closely fitted as when put In place moro than 2,000 years ago. Tho entire en-tire lengtli of this wall Is 1,400 miles, It ,1s 22 feet high, and 20 feet In thick-nesB. thick-nesB. At intervals of 100 yardB or bu there aro towers Bonio 40 feet Is heightPopular Mechlulcs. |