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taken down, and a new gaol, {hire-hall, &c. 

 erected upon a much -improved and exten- 

 five plan. The caftle has a governor, 

 lieutenant-governor and conftable, and is 

 garrifoned by two companies of invalids. 



The walls round this city are almofl the 

 only entire fpecimen of antient fortification 

 now exifling in Great Britain. Their cir- 

 cuit is nearly two miles, and they are 

 fufficiently broad on the top to admit of 

 two perfons walking abreaft. Thefe are 

 at prefent kept in repair by the inhabitants 

 merely for the purpofes ofpleafure and re- 

 creation. In commanding an extent and 

 variety of profpecl: they can fcarcely be 

 exceeded. From hence the Welfh moun- 

 tains, the hills of Broxton, the infulated 

 rock of Beefton crowned with it's caftle, 

 the rich intervening flat, and the perpe- 

 tually changing objects on the river com- 

 pofe, in different parts, fcenes extremely 

 pleafmg. 



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