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time, the porter muft go down to open the 

 gates, left .fome difagreeable guefts fhould 

 flip in. 



In the lowermoft floor are the (tables. 



They ufe little caution againft fire, for the 

 coachmen go into the (tables with torches ; 

 yet this accident feldom happens in Cadiz, as 

 all the houfes are built with (tone. 



Oil is ufed in lamps, inftead of candles ; 

 and likewife in drefling meat oil is employed 

 inftead of butter. 



Their yards are paved, fome with flags of 

 Tophus, and fome with flags of Talcum. 



Some have wells in their yards ; but the 

 water is not fit to drink, and muft therefore be 

 ufed for other purpofes in houfe-keeping. 



The ftreets are paved with round pebbles, 

 and have a channel in the middle filled with 

 fliells of flfti, peels of fruit, or the like ; 

 which, putrifying by the heat, occafion a 

 difagreeable fmell in many places. 



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