yo Geographical Ohfervations upon the Sea Co aft 



Gate of the Sea, which confiftiiig of a double Row of Cannon, 

 commands the Entrance into the Port, and the Road before It. 

 ThsFort. 'lYiQ Port is of att oblong Figure, a hundred and thirty Fa- 

 thom long, and eighty broad. The Eaftern Mound of It, which 

 was formerly The If land, is well fecured by feveral Fortifications. 

 '^ioJl'ff''' ^^'^^ Round Caftle, (built by the Spaniards whilft they were Ma- 

 ilers oiThelfland) and the two remote Batteries, (ereded with- 

 in this Century) are faid to be Bomb-Troof\ and have each of 

 them Their lower E?nhrafitres mounted with thirty fix Pounders. 

 But the middle Battery, which appears to be the oldeft, is of 

 the leaft Defence. Yet it maybe obferved, as none of the For- 

 tifications I have mentioned are affifted with either Mines or 

 advanced Works; and as the Soldiers, who are to guard and de- 

 fend Them,cannot be kept up to any regular Courfes of Duty and 

 Attendance^ that a few refolute Battalions, protected even by a 

 fmall Squadron of Ships, would have no great Difficulty to make 

 Themfelves quickly Mafters of the very ftrongeft of Them. 

 The Navy. 'pj^g uaval Force of the y^lgerines hath been for fome Years 

 in a declining Condition. If we except Their Row-Boats and 

 Brigantines, They had A. D. MDCCXXXII only half a dozen 

 capital Ships, from thirty fix to fifty Guns ; and at the fame Time 

 had not half that Number of brave and experienced Captains. 

 A general Peace with the Three trading Nations, and the Im- 

 poflibiUty of keeping up a fuitable Difcipline, where every pri- 

 vate Soldier difputes Authority with His Officer, are fome of 

 the principal Reafons, why fo fmall a Number of Vefl^els are 

 fitted out, and why fo few Perfons of Merit are afterwards will- 

 ing to command Them. Their Want likewife of Experience, 

 with the few Engagements They have been lately concerned in 

 at Sea, have equally contributed to This Diminution of Their 

 naval Charafter. However, if, by proper Difcipline and Encou- 

 ragement, they Ihould once more affijme Their wonted Cou- 

 rage and Bravery, They have always in Readinefs fuch a Quan- 

 tity of naval Stores, as will put Them in a Capacity of making 

 confiderable Augmentations to Their Fleet : though, even at pre- 

 fent, we find Them troublefome enough to the Trade o^ Europe. 

 Few Anftqui- Thcrc is little within the City, that merits the Attention of 

 gSrs.' ^ " the Curious. Upon the Tower of the great Mofque, we have 

 fome broken Infcriptions ; but the Letters, (though of a fuffi- 

 cient Bignefs to be feen at a Diftance) are all of Them filled up 



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