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386 386 ITALIAN AUCHITECTUEE. Pakt II. before the commencement of the fifth story the foundation had given way, and the attempts to readjust the work are plainly traceable in the upper stoi'ies, though without success. It leans 11 ft. 2 in. out of the perpendicular,! which though not sufficient to endanger its stability, is enough to render it Aery un- sightly. Even without this defect, however, its design can hardly be commended ; an ar- rangement of six equal arcades, with hori- zontal entablatures, is not an expedient mode of adorning a building, where elevation is the !li;tHa<^jHHjq»iy^n<^TOgji ~^^^i!*iS5CiiS,vv 816. Leaning Tower at Pisa. (From Taylor and Cresy.) Scale 50 ft. to 1 in. 817. Tower of Gaeta. (From Schultz. ) No scale. element of success. The introduction of strongly-marked vertical lines, or some variation in the design of the arcades, would have greatly improved the design ; and so the Italians seem to have thought, for it was never repeated, and the Pisnn tower remains a solitary example of its class. The cornice projects 1 ft. 10 iu. , and consequently overhangs the base by 13 ft..