VOYAGE TO NEW SOUTH WALES. 
89 
October. 
this place excellent water is conveyed by pipes, which makes 1787. 
the watering of fliips both eafy and expeditious. 
Clofe to this quay, on the left hand, ftands the caflle 
and principal fortrefs ; a flrong extenlive work, having 
excellent accommodations for the troops, and for many of 
the civil officers belonging to the company. Within the gates, 
the company have their principal ftores ; which are fpa- 
cious as well as convenient. This fort covers and defends the 
eaft part of the town and harbour, as Amfterdam fort does the 
weft part. The latter, which has been built fince commo- 
dore Johnftone's expedition, and whereon both French and 
Dutch judgment have been united to render it effedlual 
and ftrong, is admirably planned and calculated to annoy 
and harafs fhips coming into the bay. Some fmaller de- 
tached fortifications extend along the coaft, both to the eaft 
and weft, and make landing, which was not the cafe before 
the late war, hazardous and difficult. In a word. Cape 
Town is at this time fortified with ftrength, regularity, and 
judgment. 
There are two churches here ; one large, plain, and 
unadorned, for the Calvinifts, the prevailing fed: ; and a 
fmaller one for the Lutherans. 
The hofpital, which is large and extenfive, is fituated 
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