Laguna T. and Gardens. y 
But we foon found out one o? thQ Efjglijh 
Merchants that refided here ; who enter- 
tain’d us handfomly at Dinner, and in the 
Afternoon fhew’d us the Town. 
Laguna is a pretty large well- compared 
Town, and makes a very agreeable Profped. 
It'ftands part of it againft a Hill , and part 
in a Level. The Houfes have moftly ftrong 
Walls built with Stone and covered with 
Pantile. They are not uniform, yet they 
appear pleafant enough. There arc many 
fair Buildings ; among which are 2 Parifh- 
Churches, 2 Nunneries, anHofpital, 4 Con- 
vents, and fome Chapels ; befides many 
Gentlemen’s Houfes. The Convents are 
thofe of St. JuJLn, St. Dominick, St. Francis^ 
. and St. Diego. The two Churches have pret- 
ty high fquare Steeples, which top the reh of 
the Buildings. The Streets are not Regular, 
yet they are moftly fpaciousand pretty hand- 
fome ; and near the middle of the Town is 
a large Parade , which has good Buildings 
about it. There is a ftrong Prifon on one 
fide of it; near which is a large Conduit of 
good Water , that fupplies all the Town. 
They have many Gardens which arefet round 
with Oranges, Limes, and other Fruits ; In 
the middle of which are Pot-herbs, Sallading, 
Flowers, &c. And, indeed, if the Inhabi- 
tants were curious this way , they might 
have very pleafant Gardens : For as the 
Town ftands high from the Sea, on the Brow 
of a Plain that is all open to the Eaft, and 
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