128 THE ORYSTAL PALACE. |

 

fifty-one feet long. You can remember
that well enough, ! am sure. Its length,
in feet, is the same number as the year
in which it was built. Those who live
in the city, can form some idea of its
length, by just recollecting that it
reached as far as a hundred houses.
lis breadth was four hundred and fifty-
six feet; and in the arched part, its
height was sixty-eight feet. The whole |
building covered, about eighteen acres
of ground.

The galleries measured upwards of
two hundred and seventeen thousand
square feet; the ground floor, seven