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wadi face there is scarcely one flank defence. 
The wall of the outer town is miserably built, 
and is continually requiring repair,no doubt chiefly 
from the pressure of the earth thrown up inside. 
The ditch round the outer wall is also inconsider¬ 
able, and during all the dry season fordable in 
every part. 
“ The south and west faces of the town are de¬ 
fended by a deep and rapid torrent, called the 
Myit-tha, leading from the Myit-nge. This is not 
fordable, for the banks are very steep ; and even 
when crossed, the swamp and jungle on the west 
face, between it and the town, with the extensive 
plain of rice culture on the south, are formidable 
obstructions. There is a good road, however, on 
the banks of this brook all the way up, as well 
as by the banks of the Ira wadi towards the north¬ 
west angle. The approach to the south-west angle 
is well defended, the wall there being constructed 
en cremalliere . 
“ The Myit-nge on the east face forms a consi¬ 
derable part of the defence on that side. This 
river, about one hundred and fifty yards broad, is 
a fine rapid stream, and the banks of it very steep 
and high: the river not running in such a manner 
as to form any part of the defence of the south¬ 
east angle of the city, a deep canal has been cut 
from the Myit-nge, at the south-east angle, to 
about one-third the way down the east face of the 
city wall, where it again falls into the same river. 
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