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tremely populous ; that it was divided into two great parts by a
very long and very broad street ; that the Emperor, his chief
minister, the soldiery, the supreme judge, the eunuchs, and all
belonging to the Imperial household lived in that part of the
city which is on the right hand eastward ; that the people hold
no manner of communication with them. The part on the left
hand westward is inhabited by the people and the merchants."
This account, though a thousand years old, agrees in the main
with the present divisions of the city to-day.
