374 A VOYAGE TO Book IX. 



a ilrudlure for receiving any; the entrance to it is in- 

 deed over a draw- bridge, on one fide of which isa 

 corps de garde, and .idvajiced cencinels on the other. 

 Within this building is the apartment for the gover- 

 nor, the barracks for the garrifon, an arfenal, and 

 under the platform of the redoubt, a magazine, 

 always well furniilied with military ftores. The pariih 

 church, or rather chapel, which fcrved as fuch, alfo 

 flood within this citadel, and without it was another 

 belonging to rhe hofpital of St. Jean de Dieu, which 

 is an elegant and fpacious ilrudure all of Hone, 

 though founded long fince. 



The harbour is large and fafe ; but the entrance 

 very narrow, being confined by an ifland called Goat 

 ifland, on which (lands a pretty large fortj and on 

 the oppofite fide is a very high tower which ferves as 

 a lighL-houfe. The coail oa this fide within forms a 

 point, which advances towards the iliore till it faces 

 the mouth of the harbour. Here alfo is a large forti- 

 fication called the royal battery, being that which de- 

 fends the entrance of the harbour, and the fort on that 

 iide. From this fort the coaft winds inward, and 

 forms a large bay, which ferves as an excellent 

 careening place for vellels of any burden, having a 

 good depth of water, and being in a great mealure 

 land-locked : and as fuch the country vefiels lay up 

 here in winter. In fummer they all come to an an- 

 chor before the town at about a quarter of a lesgue 

 dillance, though the fmaller veiTeL may come within 

 a cable's length of the fiiore, where they lie quiet from 

 all winds except the eaft, which blows right into the 

 harbour's mouth, and caufes fome agit:ition i but 

 without any danger to the ihips at anchor in it. 



Bltwixt the royal batiery point and that of the 

 iight-houfe, but nearer to the former, lies a fand al- 

 ways above water ; but every where elle the harbour 

 is clear, i'o that iliips may tack Vvith the greateil fafety 

 in going out or coming in when the wind is not 

 7 fair. 



