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It is therefore of no advantage to the poor of the 

 place ; but ferves for lodging fick men belonging ta 

 the men of v;ar which come hither, being provided 

 with neceffaries from the fhips, and attended by their 

 refpediive furgeohs, lodging-room being the only 

 thing afforded them by this nominal hofpital. 



At the eaft end of the town, which is the road to 

 Panama, is a quarter called Guiney,- being the place 

 Vv^here all the Negroes of both fexes, whether flaves or 

 free, have their habitations. This quarter is very 

 much crowded when the galleons are here, moft of the 

 inhabitants of the town entirely quitting their houfes 

 for the advantage of lettino- diem, while others eon- 

 tent themfelves with a fmall part in order to make 

 money of the reft. The Mulattoes and other poor 

 families alfo remove, either to Guiney, or to cottages 

 already ereded near it, or built on this occafion. Great 

 number of artificers from Panama likewife, who flock 

 to Porto Bello to work at their refpedtive callings,- 

 lodge in this quarter for cheap.nefs. 



Towards the fea, in a large traft between the 

 town and Gloria caftle, barracks are alfo ereded, and 

 principally filled with the fhips crews ; who keep ftalls 

 of fweetmeats, and other kind of eatables brought from 

 Spain. But at the conclufion of the fair, the fhips 

 put to fea, and all thefe buildings are taken down, 

 and the town returns to its former tranquillity and 

 emptinefs. 



By an experim.ent we made with the barometer iri 

 a place a toife above the level of tne fea, the height of' 

 the mercury was 27 inches 1 1 lines and a half. 



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