the South-Sea: 



fimk down alftioft ' to- the Level of the Sea. Thus it is ab- 

 folutely parted from the Neighbouring Eminences, which 

 are a little higher. 



The Side next the Sea is naturally fo fteep-,- that there 

 is< no going up without much Difficulty, and -on the Land 

 Side, or next the high Mountain, it is defended by a Ditch; 

 which croffes from one Stream to the other, and thus cuts 

 ©if the Encdofure of the Fortrefs fomething near to a Square^ 

 The Situation of the Place would not permit the making 

 of a regular Fortification-; it cannot properly be call'd any 

 ©ther than Walls of Intrenehment, following the Compals 

 of the Height, which flank one another but very little, and 5 

 fometimes not at all. At the Middle of the Wall, which' 

 is above the Town, there is a little Redan, or indented 1 

 Work-, of fevenFathomsJn Front, with aGmrite, or Sen- 

 duel's Box. 



The oppofite Side, which is above the Stream of S* Au* 

 gujiin^ is only defended by the Flank of a Demi-Baftioi?, 

 which forms a dead Angle, the Face whereof makes too ■» 

 oblique a Defence. The Side next the Mountain, confifts 

 of a Gourtin of zdFathoms, and of two Demi-Baftion& of 

 20 Fathoms Face and 11 Flank, fo that the Line of De- 

 fence is but of 45 Fathoms, All this Part is built witfi 

 Brick, raised 25 Foot in height on a Berm, or Foreland*, 

 being a fmall fpace of Ground between the Wall and the 

 Moatr. The Depth of the Ditch is about ten-Foot, and its 

 Breadth three Fathoms towards the Salliant- Angles, whence 

 it has its Defence to the Angle of the Epauk, or Shoulder 

 of the Baftion. It is dug, or cut, in a foft Rock, which 

 has been made a little fteep at the two Ends, to render it 

 inaceeffible by way of the Streams. The Parapets are but 

 two Foot and a Half thick, and the reft of theEnclofure of 

 the Place is only a Piece of Mafonry made up of Rubbilte, 

 weak enough, There is< no Rampart but on the Land^ 

 Side, to cover the Fortrefs^ and hinder its being overlooked 

 by the Mountain, which rifes gently r But the Misfortune 

 iVtbat theFlaaksanbe batterUinfteverfe, that is 5 on the 



