i6 OSBECK'S VOYAGE. 



vantage of a garden's being within her walls; 

 and therefore every one, if he choofes, can at 

 once enjoy the pleafure of living in town and 

 country. The road which goes further on 

 will foon be adorned in the fame manner. 

 The ramparts were, in all other places, of an 

 equal breadth, and covered with fand, which 

 makes it very eafy walking round the town. 



On the ramparts, and even in other places, 

 wooden croffes were erected. 



The beggars were every where crying, Una 

 limoneia for el amor de Dios y por las bcnditas 

 almas a ejle pobre, or fome fuch other petition 

 for God's or for the Saints' fakes. 



The foldiers upon the ramparts diverted 

 themfelves with fifhing, when the tide was in. 

 My defire of contemplating their art a little 

 nearer was fruftrated ; as I experienced now, 

 and at other times, that foreigners are not per- 

 mitted to fland ftill upon the ramparts, to look 

 about them. 



The country fide has Mill higher walls ; and 

 its ditches, ramparts, and batteries, are more 



curious 



