History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v1.c14.20

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In the eastern part of Ponape is the harbour of Metalanim which is described as a regular Venice. One of the ruins there is described in the following words : "The water-front is faced with a terrace built of massive basalt blocks about 7 ft. wide, standing out more than 6 ft. above the shallow waterway. Above us we see a striking example of immensely solid cyclopean stone-work frowning down upon the waterway, a mighty wall formed of basaltic prisms laid alternately lengthwise and crosswise after the fashion of a *check* and *log* fence, or, as masons would style it, *Headers and Stretchers*.