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tween the two ditches, and driven obliquely into the 

 ground, so that their upper ends incline over the inner 

 ditch : the depth of this ditch, from the botton to the 

 top or crown of the bank, is four-and-twentyfeet. Close 

 within the innermost pallisade is a stage, twenty feet 

 high, forty feet long, and six broad ; it is supported 

 by strong posts, and is intended as a station for those 

 who defend the place, from which they may annoy the 

 assailants by darts and stones, heaps of which lay 

 ready for use. Another stage of the same kind com- 

 mands the steep avenue from the beach, and stands 

 also within the pallisade; on this side of the hill, there 

 are some little outworks and huts, not intended as 

 advanced posts, but as the habitations of people who, 

 for want of room, could not be accommodated within 

 the works, but who were, notwithstanding, desirous 

 of placing themselves under their protection. The 

 pallisades, as has been observed already, run round 

 the whole brow of the hill, as well towards the sea 

 as towards the land; but the ground within having 

 originally been a mount, they have reduced it not to 

 one level, but to several, rising in stages one above 

 the other, like an amphitheatre, each of which is in- 

 closed within its separate pallisade ; they communi- 

 cate with each other by narrow lanes, which might 

 easily be stopt up, so that if an enemy should force 

 the outward pallisade, he would have others to carry 

 before the place could be wholly reduced, supposing 

 these places to be obstinately defended one after the 

 other. The only entrance is by a narrow passage, 

 about twelve feet long, communicating with the steep 

 ascent from the beach : it passes under one of the 

 fighting stages, and though we saw nothing like a 

 door or gateway, it may be easily barricaded in a 

 manner that will make the forcing it a very dangerous 

 and difficult undertaking. Upon the whole, this 

 must be considered as a place of great strength, in 

 w^iich a small number of resolute men may defend 

 themselves against all the force which a people with 



