MONUMENT AT WATERLOO.

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"Whle engaged going over the plains OF
Waterloo, nv attention was often attracted
by most stupendous work going on nen,
horses, and carts, II great nu nbrrs, being
employed; but from the interest felt in tne
details Of the battle, and the guide deacrip
tion, il was some length of time before
could inquire what the building was intend
ed for; at length the opportunity served, and
upon inquiry found it to be monument
which the Government OF the Netherlands
had ordered to be erected on the spot where
the Duke of Wellington, and those who par
took with him in the glory Of t. It GAY.
stood, and where he issued those commauds
which decided that great event. Ih- Dlk"'s
head quarters. at the commencement OF the
engagement, were between two hills, on the
road from BRUISED, IA ChArleroi, behind the
farm OF La Have oaiute; but the French
getting possession " that farm, the Dukt
then moved his htal quarters about two or
three hundred wards q the right, on the ris-
ing ground On whrh this monument is now
Greeting. THIS monument, as it is called,
hss v.rv imposing effect, even in its nn-
hGishel site. II is tn etrthsn mound or
I'LL. 81 4 conical form. resembling the one on
tlt Rath road, n+ar 4 emmett, but Of larger
dimensions, and more striking appearance.
It lsUf iniaeU9e size, being upwards OF seven
hundred fttt diameter at the base, or two
thousand oHe HUNDRED and Sky feet ciroum-
ference. II two hundred feet high, and
one hundred fett il diamets, at the top;
There is daWoie carriage road winding
round il, III srirdl form, and supplying an
easy aeahs of 4 tt, for cdrri.gs s. to tie We.
~ top; aud - TINS road the nHtrrlals have
been, and arc, conveyed to complete the
work. III the centre is shaft OF brick


work, which bas Seen carried np from the
bottom, AID s S'li eoiag on. II is to b. six
\ T. feet higher than the tip ot the eastern
4 m0Uld ,ufaEiug tht whole height two hun
drcd ard sixty feet. Il is intenard for pc
Gcstal, 10 receive lion (Which | understand
is tue crnst Or arms ot Belgium twenty
two feet long, aud twelve feet hleh, which
is ready to be put up when the work is ftn-
ished. The mound has been eighteen months
1 in hand, AND is 10 be oWnleted within SIX
/ more; and from what has already been done


little doubt remains that II Will be SO. For


the first twelve roaths 5000 men, six hun


dred horses, and rs many carts as could be


kept at work, were employed on It, and thc


number has only been reduced as the tcrni-


nation Of this great undertaking approaches


As before mentioned, it is Of ceuical form


with the top cut Off, and out of II the saafl


or pedestal tor the lion rises. A. present, a,


the works are going on at the top, it has I


pleasing appearance, from the grant number
Of horses and carts and people, ascending
and descending BY the winding road. ."-Dem


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