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two inches. From the first floor or courtyard to the second floor is three feet six inches
deep. This floor is also made of bricks. There are four entrances on four sides to get
down to this. One door has five steps. A step is three feet long. By ten inches in width
and height. The steps are polished stone slabs. The water in the pond fills up to the
courtyard of the second floor. The third floor is four feet 8 inches below the second
floor, and the fourth floor is one foot four inches below it. The fifth floor is one foot
and two inches below the fourth floor. The length and width of the second floor is
42x42 feet. The third floor is 26x26 feet and the fourth floor is 28.8x28.8 feet. The
size of the fifth floor is 20x20 feet. The bottom floor of the pond is 11.6x11.6 feet.
The middle bottom floor of the pond is 8 trenches deep. The gate to remove water
from the pond is installed on the west side of this. The water leaving the pond is piped
to the nearby paddy field
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