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lently well faced with flone, and pcrfcdly 

 fecure from ftorms. Out of this is an en- 

 trance into another, called the New Dock, 

 now executing, of a large lize, capable of 

 containing feveral hundred fail, and faced 

 in the fame manner all round with large 

 ftone : Out of this is to be a palTage into 

 another very capacious one, called the Dry 

 Pier, and this again leads into two others, 

 called the Old and South Docks-, and like- 

 wife has an entrance by the river from the 

 fea : Into this like wife open three very 

 noble docks for building large fhips, admi- 

 rably contrived. Thefe three, Dry Pier, 

 and 0/d and South Docks, are all totally 

 furrounded by the town, fo that fhips of 

 4, 5, 600, and fome of 900 tons bur- 

 then, lay their broad fides to the quays, 

 and goods are hoifted out of them, even 

 into many of the warehoufes of the mer- 

 chants. 



A little out of the town is a very pretty 

 new walk, fpread on one iide with fmall 

 plantations, and looking on the other down 

 upon the town and river : A cofFee-houfe, 

 l^c, built new upon it : It is lately done, 

 and a good improvement. 



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