WHIT E ’S 5* J.OU R;N A'JII' OiE “A"
the. i to n ^ p r a p e r ip ^ ^ -V ip ih i^ '
of a ba7- Except that- part'which fronts Thewdter*. the, city
h /uraoimdcdJ by.:high mountains* :b£;the 'b a fts ronhbie
form the imagination:can!fafhion t® itfeff any'idea-’ofo - The
plan on which it J|f ..built has; feme claim to-;menti The
principal ftrpet;, called Strait-Street? rubs from ithe viceroys
palace, which is/near the fonth-^eaft, end.ofjihe-, town', to the
north-weft extremity, where/ it is Terminated by! a| large
convent, belonging toithe Benedj.<ainerfriafsf fituated bn an
eminence. The ftreet is b ro a d ^ e ll: built, .and. 'h i} in it a*
great number bf/handfornefoops.-c A lt the .others are^much
inferior to this, being im<general only wide enough, tosdmit
two carriages to pafs each other :in the centre.' The' pavement
for foot-palfengers .(except- in / Strait :Street,:wKiohf. 'is
•Without any) Us fo- very. unfociably narrow, that tvfo, perfdhs m
cannot, walk with convenience together. „ The houfesJ are
commonly two, and fometimes threfe ftordes>highof which-,
even tllpugh inhabited by the moft wealthy and r e a d a b le
families*.^ lower part is always appropriated to, fob]*jiand
to .thoufe.nf the .fervants and flaves;.(who,afe here; extremely
numerous), t^e family rather chufing to refide.'in the. upperr
part,
TOXiAGIE/ W .^ E W ;S0 ^JTH iWAXES. ,
patrtf t h a h t |^ ;might liverirf/a left' confined |air. To every ?
houfcjthere isia bak&jyj'i with lattice-work n before, itf- and £***»*,
the. fame; before] ail, ther windows. ■:
The- cHnrchek arfetvery-riumerbfe^rel^gan't,- and richly de-
corhted|?- femeoxrf 1 them aired built J and :• ornamented • in £
modern M b f nnd; that in a - manned #Mch 'pikfekims the
genius, .tafte, and judgmentdofotfhe afehitebk- knd artifts-
Twd orThree/ofThe; hhndfofoeflmebt Ithis'tinfe 'either E
finrfhed .or repairing andubhey .appear togps.omhut; very
(flowlj^/hatwiffiftahdajigf;laxger fonrs are: cdnftatftly call&Mn g
for their ubmpktiorn-Astthey afe ^ereded -or^opaired by
charitable ^contributions,' public rpr©ceffidlis' | | g frequently
made :fokthat pirrpoferj and the^mendkant foMrs, belohg^
mg;to, them, likewise exert themfdves in T h ek lixje. At
theM proceffions? which; are n&t uiiffeq'Uelit, pe'MbnTdPevery
agel and defehipridh'ailrft. KTheysufoally tike placed after'it
is: dark, ,whebthofe,who/join . in it rare dfeflfed in .a kind of
cloakliadapted. to • religious, purposes, and carry a lanthorii
fixed at 'the:end lofi a pole; qf-'a 'convenient length 1 fa that
upon thefe occafipnsCyouXometimes. fee^threb dr-four hundred
moving .lights:in the ftteet*at;the feme timfe--’which,
has-an uncommon and a pleafing^effed. ^Gofcfiderable fobs
I 1 are