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agreeable manner, all .the time I was in this 

 port. 



Plymouth is one of the five large ports of" 

 England, and one of the fineft in Europe. It is a 

 double one, and before you enter it you muft 

 pafs under the cannon of the citadel. From thence 

 you turn to the right, in order to go into the 

 town harbour, which is the fmalleft, and there 

 the Thetis lay at an anchor. You turn to the 

 left, in order to enter the other harbour, where 

 the King's vefTels are laid up oppofite to a mag* > 

 nificent arfenal. This harbour is of great ex- 

 tent, and we anchored at its mouth, becaufe 

 the wind was then fair to go higher up the chan- 

 nel. 



The town of Plymouth is of no great confe- 

 quence, but the country about it where I frequent- 

 ly amufed myfelf with walking, is very agree- 

 able. I have not feen a richer country : the 

 weather was very mild, the fields as green as in 

 fpring; and I faw Iheep of a monftrous fize 

 feeding upon them. Their wool is very good, 

 but their flefh being too grofs has a bad relifh ; 

 their beef, on the other hand, is excellent, becaufe 

 it is very fat. 



On the eve of the Conception and all the 

 day of the feftival, they never ceafed ringing in 

 one of the two belfreys which are at Plymouth ; 

 and though there were but two bells, I never 

 heard ringing which gave me greater pieafure. 

 I ajfked in whofe honour this was done ; for 

 I fufpected that it was not done in honour of the 

 holy virgin, and was told that it was a cuftom in 

 this country, when any one makes a great enter- 

 tainment 



