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portions. In this Dutch church, there is 

 neither altar, veflry, choir, fconces, nor 

 paintings. Some trees are planted round 

 it, which make it look as if it was built in 

 a wood. 3. The old Dutch churchy which 

 is alfo built of flone. It is not fo large as 

 the new one. It was painted in the infide, 

 though without any images, and adorned 

 with a fmall organ, of which governor 

 Burnet made them a prefent. The men 

 for the moft part fit in the gallery, and the 

 women below. 4. The Frefiyterian Churchy 

 which is pretty large, and was built but 

 lately. It is of ftone, and has a lleeple and a 

 bell in it. 5. The German Lutheran Church. 

 6. The German Reformed Church. 7. The 

 French Churchy for proteftant refugees. 8. 

 The ^aher% Meeting houfe, 9. To thefe 

 may be added the Jewifi Synagogue, which 

 I mentioned before. 



Towards the fea, on the extremity of 

 the promontory is a pretty good fortrefs, 

 called Fort George, which entirely com- 

 mands the port, and can defend the town, 

 at leafl from a fudden attack on the fea 

 lide. Befides that, it is likewife fecured on 

 the north or towards the ihore, by a palli- 

 fad.e, which however (as for a conliderable 

 time the people have had nothing to fear 



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