Excerpt from A True Account of the Siege of London-DerryHE Form of the Town comes somewhat near an Oblong or long Square, and its Situation lengthways, is N. W. And S. E. Or a Diagonal drawn from the Church through the Market-house, to the Magazine, is near upon a N. And S. Line.The Length of the Town through the mid dle from Ship-key gate to Bish s-gote, is about 300 Paces, or 1500 Feet. This Wall on the W, side the Town 320 Paces, the Wall on the E. About 380.The Breadth at the jv. W. End 140 at the se. End 120, from Butchers-gate to Ferry key-gate, where the Town is Broadest, 180 Paces.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.