Mason, George C. (George Champlin), 1820-1894 · New York : G.P. Putnam · leaf 374
lls, which jingled when agi- tated by the wind. On the top there was a large ball, in the shape of a pineapple, of which the Chinese boasted as consisting of solid gold. Although this singular and beautiful edifice was erected more than four hundred years ago, it withstood all the alternations of…
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