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brating noife formerly mentioned. A loud hifs inftantly * 

 iflues from the inlide of the dome and all the fubterraneous 

 caverns and paflages. That this hifs proceeds from the la- 

 bourers is apparent ; for, at every fignal of this kind, they 

 work with redoubled quicknels and alacrity. A renewal of 

 the attack, however, inftantly changes the fcene. * On the 

 « firft ftroke,' Mr. Smeathman remarks, « the labourers run 

 « into the many pipes and galleries with which the building 

 ^ is perforated, which they do fo quickly, that they feem to 



* vanifh ; for in a few feconds all are gone, and the foldiers 



* rufh out as numerous and as vindi(Stive as before. On find- 

 f ing no enemy, they return again leifurely into the hill, and 



* very foon after, the labourers appear loaded as at firft, as 

 « adVive, and as fedulous, with foldiers here and there among 

 ' them, who act juft in the fame manner, one or other of 



* them giving the fignal to haften the bufinefs. Thus the 

 «pleafure of feeing them come out to fight or to work, alter- 



* nately, may be obtained as often as curiofity excites, or 



< time permits j and it will certainly be found, that the one 



< order never attempts to fight, or the other to work, let the 

 « emergency be ever fo great.' 



It is exceedingly difficult to explore the interior parts of 

 a nefi: or hill. The apartments which furround the royal 

 chamber and the nurferies, and indeed the whole fabrick, 

 have fuch a dependence on each other, that the breaking of 

 one arch generally pulls down two or three. There is anoth- 

 er great obftacle to our refearches, namely, the obftinacy of 

 the foldiers, who, fays our author, * fight to the very lafi:, 

 « difputing every inch of ground fo well as often to drive 

 « away the Negroes who are without fhoes, and make white 



< people bleed plentifully through their ftockings. Neither 

 ^ can we let a building fi:and fo as to get a view of the interior 

 « parts without interruption ; for, while the foldiers are de- 

 ^ fending the out-works, the labourers keep barricading all 



