TO J ravels into thahEv h^T. Part L 
Arches made in the Rock \ and, indeed, it is of great ufe, for it fupplies all 
the Town with running Water, which before had no other but Rain-water 
touie. TheWeter runs into all the flreets, by little Condaus, made pur- 
pofely to convey it into Cilterns ; fo that when any one has a mind to fill his 
Ciflern with Water, he fpeaks to the Fountain -keeper, who fends hirr. ns much • 
as he pleafes, by Hopping the Conduits which crofs that which leads to his 
Houfe, and that alfo which is under the Gate, to the end the Water may 
flop there, and, by a hole or pipe, run into 'his Ciflern. At one end of that 
A Pillar, ere- ^^l^are, there is a Pillar, about fifteen foot high, ereded by the Great Mailer 
ftcd by'the Fcrdela^ with his Arms upon it. The Palaces of the Confervatory and Trea- 
Greac Mafter fury are fair Buildings alfo, and fo arethe Inns. The Hcfpital isvery well built ; 
Pafaœs of the the Hall, for the fick Knights, hung with rich Tapeflry, where they arc 
Confervatory attended by Knights, and ferved in Plate. AH the Sick are received, and very 
anclTrearury. Well treated in this Hofpital : Nor are poor Travellers refufed, for there they 
Inns of iVj/M. have bed and board, till they find a Pailage for the place whither they are 
Hofpital of bound j and then they are furniflied with Provifion, put on board, and all 
their Charges born, during their Voyage. Thejefuites have alfo a very well 
lers lodged " ^uilt Houfe, and keep CoUedge there : All the Houfes, even to the meanefl, 
and entier- make a very good Ihew, being built of fquare Stones, cut out of the Rock, 
tained at which does not coflthem much, for the Rock is very foft j and, when a Man is 
Malta. abont to build, the firfl thing he does, is to make his Ciflern, becaufe, out of it 
he gets Stones that ferve in the Building ; and the reft he has about the Town, 
for they have them for their labour : This is a kind of Stone that long retains its 
whitenefs, fo that the Town feems flill to be new : All the Houfes of it are builc 
with a terrafs, or flat Roof, and one may go from one flreet to another upon 
the terralTes of the houfes. There are in it many lovely Tiaz^z.a's^ov Places, as 
that which is before the Palace of his Eminence ^ another betwixt the Houfes of 
the Confervatory and Treafury, and the Market-place, which is pretty and 
A lovely fquare. In this lafl, is the Fountain made by the Great Mailer Lafcaris, in 
Fountain,art- form of a large Basket of Stone, very well cut, and pierced through all round ; 
ft^iy made in ftands upon a Pedeftal, about three foot from the ground : In this Basket 
f «> i<5$ 5. g Spire, or Obelisk, about four foot high, with Feflons of Flowers 
hanging from the top to the bottom of the four angles of it j and on the top 
of that Obelisk, there is another little pretty Basket : The Water riles fo, juft 
at the four angles of the Obelisk, in the firfl Basket, that it all falls into the 
little one, which being pierced through, fends the VV'ater back to the Basket 
underneath j from whence, it falls down into a great Stone Trough, where the 
Horfes water ; and from that Trough, into another little one a foot high, 
where Dogs and other little Beafls drink. The Streets of this Town are 
incommodious, in that one is always going either up hill or down hill ; but they 
are wide and ftreight, and, for the raofl part, begin and end at the Town 
Walls J the fairefl of all, is, the Street that reaches from the Caftle St. Erme^ 
to the Royal Gate ^ it is almoft a mile in length ; and here it is, that they make 
Horfes and AfTes run the Pallio, on days of Publick Rejoycing. Coming along 
that Street, from the Caflle St. Ermcy you mount a little, and pafs betwixt 
the Palace of his Eminence, on the left-hand, and the Square before it, which is 
on the right ; then you go betwixt the Palace of the Treafury, which is on 
the right-hand, and a Piazza, lefs than the former, at the end whereof, is the 
Palace of the Confervatory : A little more forward, on the right-hand, is the 
Inn of Auvergne, which is very pleafant, by reafon of a great many Orange- 
Trees at the entry : Next the Inn of Provehcé, that has a very lovely Fron- 
tifpiece 5 and betwixt thefe two Inns , but to the left , there is a pretty 
liandfom Piazza, at the end whereof, there is a Gate to enter into the Church 
of St. John, as I faid before; fo that in this Street one fees the beauty of 
the Town. 
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