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280 together, and are about ten feet apart. On a level with the ground are still to be seen the sockets in which the pivots of the gate turned, apparently much worn from the constant use to which they had been put. The tower to the right has on one side an upper and lower abutment, the angles being of bricks and dove-tailed. Below these is a niche, in which, probably, a figure was formerly placed. The wall is continued from this gateway, and is supposed to have been ten miles in circumference, but little of it now remains perfect. The tower on the left hand is completely netted over by the entwined roots of a tall tree whose outspread branches cover the gateway like an enormous umbrella.

From here we drove about a mile further on, to the artificial lake or bathing place of the ancient Sultanas of Modjophait. The shape of the lake is oblong, and the walk round it is said to be half a mile. The walls are four feet in thickness,