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trench in progress . These soundings aim to verify whether this street East - West is straight or whether it follows the line of the rampart of the town . In this second hypothesis we would have a " circular boulevard " which would go round the town and which could then already be known from the recent clearances of the gate West (see p. 39 and following) -
Two soundings of 4,00 × 4,00 m are staked out for this purpose of searching for the line of the E-W street north of the town . Given the distance from the East trench, these soundings are entrusted to MM. J. Lagarce and J-Cl. Schaeffer. These soundings are reduced in width to 2,00 m by order of Prof. Schaeffer -
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