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‘The city was surrounded by a wall about a mile and a half in circumference. On a brick wall, about 200 feet high, was raised a second brick wall of half that height, pierced by square loop-holes. On the walls were placed wooden boards supporting many-storeyed pavilions, on the roof of which again arose towers varying in height from 40 to 70 feet. There were four gates in the walls. The main gate was on the east. It opened near two islands in the river Houai. The western gate opened on a double ditch which turned to the north and reached a hill. The southern gate, likewise, opened on a double ditch. The northern gate opened on the river Houai.’