188 POLICEMEN AND SOLDIERS — YOUNG WOMEN. 



Just above the town there is an ennnence, mounted 

 with hcav}' artillery, which commands the harbor. 

 It is laid out with taste ; but, being little versed in 

 militar}' science, I can neither vouch for, nor detract 

 from its effectiveness. It is a favorite resort for the 

 citizens, and is often the theatre of prize-lights, 

 which take place, not only between the male, but 

 also the female part of creation. During our stay, 

 two courtezans fought for a pound a side, and battled 

 away for some fifteen or twenty rounds, when the 

 police arrived at the scene of combat, and conveyed 

 tlie participators and a number of the spectators to 

 the lock-up. The police force is well organized and 

 effective, and patrol the streets night and day. In 

 conjunction with the soldiers, they are the guardians 

 of the public peace ; and one would think that, being 

 coadjutors, friendly relations existed between them ; 

 but, on the contrary, many and bloody battles occur. 

 The soldier hates the policeman, and the policeman 

 fears the soldier. If the policeman detects the soldier 

 in any little peccadillo, he without more ado arrests 

 liim, if he be alone, and there is no prospect of fall- 

 ing in with any of his captive's comrades ; but, woe 

 betide him ! if in an unguarded moment he has 

 counted without his host — they flock around him 

 with wondrous alacrity, take off their belts, and with 

 these effective weapons soon beat off' the police with 

 their staves, and decamp in triumph. 



During the three daj's we lay here, before going 

 ashore on liberty, numbers of young women visited 

 both ships, professedly for the purpose of obtaining 

 washing ; but, no matter how respectable or tidy 

 tliey looked, their vulgar breeding would display itself 



