Note 54 — Chapter XVI
Reading edition
I paced the circuit of the city, taking notes and plans of the whole, and marking the towers; but the paper has been unfortunately lost.
The following are the dimensions in detail, as furnished by Messrs. Fisk and King:
paces.
From N. W. cor. to the Jaffa gate,300768 on the western side,
“thence to the S. W. corner,468
““to Zion gate,1951149 on the southern side,
““to bend in S. W. wall,295
““to S. E. corner,659
““to St. Stephen’s gate,583943 on the eastern side,
““to N. E. corner,360
““to Damascus gate,7591419 on the northern side,
““to N. W. corner,660
which, at their computation of five paces to a rod, makes the whole circuit two miles and seven tenths, or nearly two thirds of a mile; Sandys made it nearly the same, namely, two miles and a half.