TO THE COURT OF AVA. 
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that of a twenty-four-pounder: this was a tro¬ 
phy brought from Siam. On the rampart on 
each side of the gate there was one nine-pound 
cannon on swivels. These two were all the 
guns we saw mounted. Outside the gate, and 
lying on the ground, there were five English 
ship-guns; I think, twelve-pounders. 
