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is probable, however, that this prodigious 
edifice will not soon be brought to a con- 
clusion. 
© The ancient castle or fortress on the 
west side of the town, now converted 
into barracks for troops, contains several 
noble halls, part of the palace of the kings 
of Arragon, enriched with very delicate 
Sculpture and. gilding. When arg 
VII. of England married Catharine of 
: ‘Arragon, amongst. other presents were 
Sent to him from this castle various arms, 
particularly swords marked with the boar 
and dog, aud the name of Andrew Fer-_ 
fara, then a celebrated artist in sar 
anes small open place or square, in the 
western part of the old town, stands de- 
tached ‘from other buildings, an octa- 
-gorial tower of fourteen feet aside, and 
thirty-four feet in diameter, by one hun- 
dred and forty feet in height: it is con- 
&tructed of brick like the greater number 
6f buildings in the town, with sundry 
ornaments, formed by the projection of 
the bricks in-particular places beyond the 
fest of the walls. The windows appear 
ata distance to be gothic, but they are 
fiot arched, the gradual contraction at 
the’ top being produced by advance 
each superior row of bricks a little 
yond the inferior row, as is seen in some 
df the thdst ancient edifices of Egypt. . 
The itiside Of this tower contains a stair 
or ramp, resembling that in St. Mark’s 
tower, at Venice; and the ascent is so 
gentle, that a man on horseback may 
iount to the top. ‘Phe tower is not 
perpeidicular, having a visible bend t 
one side, in the manner of the famo 
hanging tower at Pisa: bee 
from the vertical line is not so consider- 
able as that of the latter building. The 
date of this tower is 1504; and itis called — 
the new tower, although its construction 
be commonly ascribed to the Moors. 
© Tn Saragossa, is one of those patriotic 
stitutions which first took their rise in 
seay, called Ea soéiedud de los amigos 
_ del pays, the society of the friends of the 
country. The object of these institutions, 
now numerous in Spain, is the general 
nstruction of youth, independently of 
he established schools and universities 
C maintained partly by Sine 
a 
" Dertoation of the word yclep’d. 
usp? 
its deviation 
ge true record of this my faithful s 4" 
It follows hence that a god was a, 
or invoked, by his adorers; and, urs 
‘All subjects that “come home he © 
bosoms” of mankind in general, meet” 
with prompt ; ae in your Magazine ; 
eer: resent the followin® addi- |. 
to the communication of a corre~ i 
(Auge, 
they are established, To’ the society of 
Saragossa, the late king granted one 
thousand pounds at first, with a y 
revenue of fwo hundred pounds, 
The students at the universi 
gossa, in the year 1769, aino 
hundred and seventy-six: b 
ber was much increased in some follow} 
years, by the influx of young men 4 
the country, whoj Ba Avoid he’ seevice 
of the militia, flocked to the university, 
them- 
ider the pretence of deyytin % 
Selves to the service of the church. “The ~ 
miliria seve in Spain ‘called the 
guinta, because every fifth mau of 
community, oppdistrict, is? obliged 
serve, if not attached to the ecc i 
life, or otherwise legally exempt 
(Lo be continued.) 
—— a 
Lo the Editor of the Monthly Magazine: 
ok 
SIRs. 
C 
ice 
AN’ any of yourypeaders inform the 
writer, if any part of the construc+ 
tion oan slife-boats, has been adopted 
in the building of fishing boats; uid what 
has been the additional expen Many 
valuable nets are yearly lost,» sher- 
dicrous word yclep'd, acci * 
suggested itself to pada abey 
effectual search in common di , 
tr OR 
* F 
ries fe language, and_ 
hilological Diversions. P 
mS cle dorms signified to appeal; 
s, i the old play of Gorboduc, by Sack- 
ille, Earl of Dorset, Porrex says, 
*¢ To the gods II elepe 
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og 
Pj 
a 
Vv 
suance of the old adage, purvis componere 
magaa, the vetable, perhaps, graduall 
assumed its present burle 1eaning. © 
spondest in your last, respecting inflam- 
mation of the eyes. 
We eva fin Sonnini, (vol. iii. ch. 44, 
p- 70, edit. 1799, of his Travels in Egypt) 
that, during his residence in the sultry 
climate of Africa, he was afflicted with a 
terrible chemosis, oy swelling of the inter- _ 
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