2a8 TOREEN'S VOYAGE. 



world is inaccurate, and taken from an old 

 drawing which I had already feen in Sweden 

 before Lord An/on left England ; and the ori- 

 ginal itfelf is very faulty. It is furrounded 

 by a fmooth, round, high rampart, which has 

 at the top loop-holes, or crenaux, very clofe 

 together. In the river are three little iflands, 

 with caftles in the fame manner ; with this ad- 

 dition, that in the infide a cavalier two ftories 

 high is raifed, which commands the works 

 within and without, and likewife ferves as a 

 retirade. The other redoubts on the neigh- 

 bouring hills on the country fide are of fuch a 

 conftru&ion, as (hews that the plan is defigned 

 for fecurity, but not to fhew their genius for 

 war, A work like this might be defended for 

 a long while in this country by good officers 

 and valiant foldiers : but when a Cbinefe knows 

 there is a place of retreat, he would hardly 

 dare to perform heroic achievements on the 

 out-works. 



The fuburbs, in which the Europeans have 

 their factories, are divided by many canals, 

 and crowded with buildings as full as pofTible ; 

 for feveral of the houfes are even a great way- 

 over the water, built on piles. The lodgings 

 are fpacious, and the yards narrow and long, 



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