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but fimply Jraz, a term mieaning only: 
the city ; and probably retained ftrem.a 
ary early, period, when it began to rife 
above the other confined abodes of the ort- 
ginal inhabitants of this mountainous 
tract. 
This town was teken and difmantled by 
Charlemagne, in his fir expedition into 
Spain, in the end of the eighth century. 
And aceerding to Mariana, in rg2s, al- 
moit all the trong holds of Navarre had 
been deftroyed by the Caftillians, and 
other neighbouring fates; heuce it. is, not 
to be wondered at, if fo few veltiges of 
antiquity are now to be feen in or near 
Pample ia. 
Having, during our ftay in this town, 
had frequent relations of the melaucholy 
difalter occafioned at Sangueffa, by the 
eveiflowing of the nver dragon, we re- 
fulved to wifit the {pot, and accordingly 
wita mules, beionging te our hancth 
Bafque conduétor, proceeded to Sanguefla, 
fiiurted eight leagues fouth-eaflerly trom 
Pamolone. 
We followed the great new road te Ma- 
@vid for a league, to a viilage called 
Noaiz, and there turning eattward for a 
eoupie of leagues more, t! srough a broad 
walicy, baunded on both fides by high 
Inils, partiy covered with woud, came io 
a decayed town called Joutreal, lying at 
the foot-of a cosical hill, baving on she 
feramit the ruins of an anciest cattle, and 
lower down begirt. by four concentric 
ditches, the loweit of which had an addi. 
tional defence of a ilrong wall, confiderable 
remains of which were ftll vilrble: che 
wiele forming a pation of aimoi infu- 
pevable frength, accoreing tu the ancient 
art of war. 
Beyond Montreal, half a lesgue, in the 
fame valley, lies another village, called 
Schuzas trom the falt {prings near it. 
Thefe are found ten or twelve feet be- 
ew the furtace of ihe ground, and contain 
avery large proportion 1 of ex “oot hase falt. 
The water js poured into fmailrectan- 
gular {pois, encioled with carshes banks, 
and paved with flat fones. ‘The water is 
about three quarters cf an inch in depth ; 
and the heat of the fun is fuificient Lo pro- 
duce, in three or four days, when no rain 
falisy the formation of the falt; whica is 
{ld on the, foot for abcut ten. pence, 
Bit, the arroba of twenty-five pounds 
Weipit. 
From. Salinas, the road leads acrofs 
h Us and valhes, abounding with woods 
and comnand wana lard, although feem- 
ingly but thinly 1 ihabited, for abave 
four icaznes to Sangucila. 
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Trip from Pamplina te Numantia, Se. in Spain. 
[ Dec. § 
This town lies on the eaft fide of the 
river Aragon, which takes its rile in che 
province of the fame name, amongft the. 
and running fouth-wetterly, . 
Pyrenees, 
falls into the Ebro. 
The town confifted of feveral flreets 
_tclerably well built, and had fome fhare 
of trade in corn, oil, and timber; befides 
that it was the chief place of a dif i€t or 
Merindad of the kingdom of Navarre. 
It ftood on a flat ‘gradually formed by 
the bearing of the river on, the oppofite - 
bank. 
On the 24th of Searenice about mid- 
night, the inhabitants were fuddenly 
alarmed by an uncommon noife, and foon 
after difcovered that the river had broken 
over a flrong wall and rampart, conftruct. 
ed alone its bank, above the town, and 
had entered the place, Suci was the fury 
of the watkias in this dreary feafon of the 
night, that out of about two thoufand in. 
habitants of the town above eight hun- 
dred perfons loft their lives, either drown- 
ed in attempths ug to make their efcape, oF 
buried in the ruins ef their houfes. 
One of the churches was levelled with 
the ground, and the bell was afterwards: 
found a mile below the town, on the fide 
of the river. 
Great part of a. ftrong ftone bridge, of . 
feveral arches, was {wept away ; and fuch. 
buildings in the. pla¢e as were gole to 
withftand the waters, flewed oa their walls 
tha: it had flawed fifteen feet above tlie 
Jevel of the lireets. 
The. fcene of devaftation prefented on 
approaching and entering this unhappy 
town, is not to be de: icrihed, although 
clever) months had elapfed from the per iod 
cf its dijafer to cur vifit. Gf, the feve 
buildings remaining not one had totally 
ef{cape d injury ; and only the day, be- 
fore. we were there, feveral bodtes had 
been 
tended to be rebuile on the fame {pot. 
Government, however, had formed a plan 
Gi rebuilding the whole town, on an ele- 
vated fituaticn, farther back, and at fome 
diitarce from the furious river; and m_ 
the mean time had direGicd the application 
of very conhdera ble fums from the public, 
to the prefent fupport and future eftablifh- 
ment of hundreds of ruined individuals 
and families. 
The town-houfe, a trong ancient edi- 
fice, had refitted the torrent, and in it we 
lodged ; for it was now turned into an inn, 
the fchocl, and fundry public ufes. 
The old walls which furrcunded the 
towa had been in many places throwa 
flat on the grow: od, in prodigious mafles. 
At 
dag out of the ruins of one, in-' 
