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remarkable degrees, the wash of the
having had but lille
effect upon it.
AL
A piece of this wall
in the shapes of a large squares
block
is
how
sent to the Crown
Crown Agents for
the inspection of the Consulting tu
-Ginur.
Subsequently it
covereds that
A/
was
accidentally dis.
late Engineer of
the
Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock com-
inte
had some pany
years ago gone similar experiments with the ferra - - ginous clay and stond lime and a
wall
of
below
wad
shown
mo
which
were
Some.
had completity withstood the Great
Typhoon, it's proportions
what richer in line than the sample
sout being 3 of
7
lime to 2 of day. ands of of shingle. These proportions
have
have since been adopted by
in low lying
workes of repair, and
in
lying coun
over
bry roads along the shores
breaks when roughs,
the sear
ou extre
mountains poads our
which
Also
extremely sheep.
declivities liable to be washed awach
by the pain torrents
of
the sur
** er
season have been covered experi
with this concriter two.
mentally
smaller blocks of
which
Art
aloo.
sent in the box for the inspection
of
the
Convatting
Engineer.
On the subject of Chinese mortars and concretes therefore I ame
to
ww
not ashamed
thangs of opinions, having
been in the first instance misleds to
disparaging
estinate
of
theme by.
the
of
belon in
any shape
du.
their Public works by Eleniese tu
- Qineers