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Aldate Street, as well as of the peculiar, and till lately exceedingly 

 awkward, entrance of Parliament Street from Brunswick Road. 



This rounding was disapproved by Vitrthtius, as giving more 

 shelter to a besieging force than the older square corners did. 

 Apropos of ViTRUVius, I must mention that he advises the 

 roads leading from the gates of a city to be inclined to the left, 

 in order that an approaching body of men should be exposed to 

 the archers and slingers, and' the dart engines, with the edges of 

 their shields opening. If the reader will for a moment imagine 

 himself a soldier of the Roman period, with his shield on his 



left arm, he will see that in turning towards the left he exposes 



himself, while in turning to the right he covers his body more, 



from a projectile aimed at him in front. 

 Now the roadway, both at the East and the West Gates of 



Gloucester, still retains this hend to the left. At the East Gate 



it has caused a positive kink in the street. 



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Some chanses are about to 

 be made nt tins point by the 

 Corporation. 



At the West Gate it is more softened off, but still unmistake- 

 able. The wall runs along the back of the gardens on the right 

 of Parliament Street ; and a fine piece of its upper or mediseval 

 structure may be seen just above Matthews' the ui)holsterer's, 

 in Southgate Street. The Castle of the South Gate projected 

 forward 54 feet from the line of the wall ; and the same appears 



