5 1 The Governor and Soldiers. 
-^«.i699-obferv’d, affeSingto have large Houfes ; 
but are little curious about Furniture, ex- 
cept Piftures fome of them. The Houfes 
of the Town are 2 or 5 Stories high, the 
Walls thick. and ftrong, being built with 
Stone, with a Covering of Pantile; and 
many of them have Balconies. The prin- 
cipal Streets are large , and all of them 
pav’d or pitch’d with fmall Stones. There 
are alfo Parades in the moft eminent Places 
of the Town, and many Gardens, as well 
within the Town as in the Out-partsof it, 
wherein are Fruit-trees, Herbs, Salladings 
and Flowers in great variety, but order’d 
with no great Care nor Art. 
The Governor who refides here is call’d 
Don John de Lancajlario, being defcended, 
as they fay, from our EngUjh Lancafter Fa- 
mily ; and he has a refpetl for our Nation 
on that account, calling them his Country- 
men. I waited on him feveral times and 
always found him very courteous and civil. 
Flere are about 400 Soldiers in Garifon. 
They commonly draw up and exercife in 
a large Parade before the Governor’s Houfe; 
and many of them attend him when he 
goes abroad. The Soldiers arc decently 
clad in brown Linen, which in thefe hot 
Countries is far better than Woollen ; but 
I never fa w any clad in Linen but only 
thefe. Befide the Soldiers in Pay, he can 
foon have fome thoufands of Men up in 
Arms : 
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