^o A VOYAGE TO Book II. 



place ; but fervcs for lodging ñck raen belonging to 

 the men of war which come hither, being provided 

 with neceffarics from the ihips, and attended l^y their 

 refpe¿live furgcuns, lodging-room being the only 

 thing afforded them by this nominal hofpital. 



At the eaft end of the town, which is the road to 

 Panama, is a quarter called Guiney, being the place 

 where all the Negroes of both fexes, whether flaves or 

 free, have their habitations. This quarter is very much 

 crowded when the galleons are here, moit of the in- 

 habitants of the town entirely quitting their houfes for 

 the advantage of letting them, v^/hile others content 

 themfelves with a fmall part in order to make money of 

 the refl. The Mulattocs and other poor famihes alfo 

 remove, either to Guiney, or to cottages ah'cady en ¿ted 

 near it, or built on this occafíon. Great numbers of 

 artificers from Panama likewife, who flock to Porto 

 Belio to work at their refpe¿live callings, lodge in this 

 quarter for cheapncfs. 



Towards the fea, in a large iraS. between the 

 town and Gloria cañle, barracks are alfo creeled, and 

 principally filled with the lliips' crews ; who keep flails 

 of fvveetmeats, and other kind of eatables brought from 

 Spain. But at the concluflon of the fair, the ihips 

 put to fea, and all thefe buildings are taken down, 

 and the town returns to its former tranquillity and 

 emptinefs. 



By an experiment we made with the barometer in 

 a place a toiie above the level of the fea, the height of 

 the mercury was 27 inches 1 1 lines and a half. 



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