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CAST IRON BulLpNcs.-ln illustration OF the
fact mentioned in one of the recent letters of
Gutzlaf, that the construction of movable cast
IRON buildings, whose invention, reputed of mod
en origin, has been accredited to English science
and skill, was practced ages ago by the ingenious
natives of China, that eminent missionary de-
scribes pagoda which he visited, near the town
of Using .kiang- -Fou, in the province OF Hang
Nau, built entirely of cast iron, covered with bas-
reliefs and inscriptions whose dates and style Of
character refer back to the epoch of the dynasty
of Tang, who filed the throne sometime during
the fifth or sixth century of the Christian era
The monument is, therefore, upward of twelve
hundred years old. 1t presents the form Of an
octagonal pyramid, forty feet in hight, and eight
feet in diameter at the base. Ii consists of seven
stories, on each of which are traced some very
curious historical representations. The editice is
alledged to be of extraordinary elegance, surpass-
ing every thing of the kind which the writer had
before seen in China.