A 6 OS BECK'S VOYAGE. 



Walls were quite yellow with the Sifymbrium 



Irio, and with the Senedo communis or common 

 groundfel. This town has good frefh wa- 

 ter, in fuch plenty, that, befides its own inha- 

 bitants, it fupplies Cadiz and the ihips in 

 that port. This water is reckoned the beft in 

 this country, wherefore in Cadiz they cry Agua 

 del Puerto, I am told that it is brought a 

 quarter of a Swedifh mile by fubterraneous 

 canals to this place. There are feveral houfes 

 in this town from whence the water may be 

 fetched ; one in particular was built for that 

 purpofe on the river fide, during the reign of 

 King Philip V. The ihip-hoats come thither 

 and fetch frefh water, without lofs of time, 

 becaufe they open the water- canal for a very 

 fmall matter. The other houfe is an Engliih 

 •nn, where all the ilrangers generally lodge. 



The leaves of the famphire (Crithmum mar 



ritimum), pickled in vinegar p , are eaten here 



and in Cadiz with roaftcd meat. This juicy 



plant grows on the coafts of England, and 



ps on thofe of Spain, but not in this 



p The manner of pickling this, and a'l the like fait and 

 juicy plants, as is ufual in England, is d-:fc'ibed by Mr. 

 in Kelm t in his Voyage to North America, Vol. 

 p 5,7. of the Swedilh edition, Dr,Scbrebir. 



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