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290mete barnby the side anâ untler the shade of this vast tower.InthÎ'$:latter no exterior reduction takes place; a mode of structure whickadds considerably to effeèt upon the eye~1iar 10 Oriental architecture.But it may hesaid, 'VVh~F~rchiteéturefsThis ptincipl~ seems peclI­Dot Oriental? .The elevation of this tower i5 nearly,j~,(,~,~probable preclseI,y,the double .of the circumference,. or (about 6,~§'or6j-nearl.YJsix diameters of the base; for ther(i}/j~~e'~toha'VèBueh a rule, and the radical of theid~ai8~(bVionot inconsistent with the system~fthededi:catiûnsevenstages, to heaven, with spiralascents either e~~~rnalorwhieh last is the case here. However variedin mofle or fliffused insituation, such is the plan universallyadopted by nations of old-,whether applied to thenatural hiHoek cll'essed into regular form, or tbehighly wroughtperpendieulàftowerthe found/a.tions"theJ:!eof are laidby human hands. From Môroeco to Japan, andeastwardstiH toYucatan, aU 18 the diffusion of one primitive 'idea: "Let us ereot 'a.tower, who~etopshan reach towards heaveA.') The nlOde of roofingin the mosque ahnexed to tbis toweris worthyof notice; but its detailscould not he precisely ascecrtained\vithollta view at the inside, whiehis not praetieable exeept upon a condition not readily submittedto.It IS adapted to countries where large timber cannot he proeureâ.Beamsat right angleswith the side wans, or pêrhaps stone work suhstituted,form the support for rafters plaeed paralIel to the ridge and'Walls. A powerful thus be eonstrueted of very inftN'iormaterials. One gledasthis, with~;;,lin,requiresveryrehitecturalSPlneeurious eoinciand Dr