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ဗြိတိသျှ၏ အမှတ် (၂၃) မဒရပ် ​ခြေလျင်တပ်ရင်း​ နန်း​မြို့​ အ​နောက်မြို့​ရိုး​၌ စခန်း​ချ​နေစဉ်။

“The city was built in 1855; it is laid out in squares, with good broad roads running north, south, east and west. The walls, which are of red brick, are about 30 ft. high and 3 ft. thick, embanked inside with earth to a great height. Each face of the city is one mile and 1/8th long; it has 12 gates, 3 on each side; on the west side there are two bridges, but on the other sides only the centre gate has a bridge opposite to it. The whole city is surrounded with a moat about 100 ft. broad and 9 or 10 ft. deep in the centre, between which and the walls runs a berm some 60 ft. wide. It is on this that the camp of the 23rd M.I. was pitched shortly after our occupation; the tents had to be pitched, as shewn in the photograph, on platforms made of bamboo, as a preventative against fever, which sleeping on the ground in this climate would have been likely to induce. A camp so pitched has certainly a peculiar and novel appearance. This Regiment, later on, moved into quarters about a mile down C. road; the men were housed in Kyoungs which were converted into Barracks; and the officers lived, and had their mess, in the old Residency.”