I walked with the utmost circumspection, to avoid treading on any stragglers who might remain in the streets; although the orders were very strict, that all people should keep in their houses at their own peril.

The garret-windows and tops of houses were so crowded with spectators, that I thought in all my travels I had not seen a more populous place.
The city is an exact square, each side of the wall being five hundred feet long.

The two great streets, which run across and divide it into four quarters, are five feet wide.

The lanes and alleys, which I could not enter, but only viewed them as I passed, are from twelve to eighteen inches.

The town is capable of holding five hundred thousand souls; the houses are from three to five stories; the shops and markets well provided.
The emperor's palace is in the centre of the city, where the two great streets meet.