tit' tiniber, ‘^exteli^fcd' several yards into the sea, and affords a
ver^ !bdminodkms sfatiofr* fot! loading ahd unloading «loops, and
larJe %odkl*f #M^É éë^Pbe i b i^ gM felose albfigsidev A f this' end
of- thé fért^ëVëïhk èt^rphhhüsp and barraefel'f©Phtó< a Énfltefcd
rrfent aré èrectedf:
m Thé faihparté of th eT ó rf are very - strong, having eight prih-i
dp al bastions, inehrding'the Wo < ^¥eady id^orlhedi Tliey arö!
diatlngtóshed by-fhë ïiaiiies1 öP°the itowi^' id-M-olland^ thë Leyden/
■ Atnst-éMam, Haarlem, &e. • There are also a nutnber of
lt&séf .’oöè's; w ith biïrfeaiïisy banquets, and parapets, communicate;
ih^%iMï5éaél?'Mlïër^aH areund- t'hë’ fQrty and -fitted for- troops-
tóJ'fifté ahd -dëfexd- ‘'withtpbsipietiy i Mid tfeld^igëës*. iTfo- want
o f Jboïöééproof éaseriients is ;‘the -v chief ’ disadvantage of the
p&he?!t f e powdi^magjfzinl? fis th é -oöly b’uild}is|p constructed in
tfeffc manneK ; 'Vfëcêiflh e ?ïbr€'-'<o'; -tfe bombarded from- ships- on
th é &uth o ï1 wésf’-pidfe, 'd^dt'ê^il^ciniglaf,- -tMs want would b e
pïrtiettldHy* ïelti | ; |
- -f ï h è Wh$è SfóBaf is ■ surrbündèd by a btc^d' and- ijeèp* Wêt ditch,
è^er1 wHcB draw-bridges- fifth thrown dfeafch o f -the gaiesidl Ön
Wh butsidfeS afëfeofhe small' triagaziftes, - with a^o^d'er'lntiil'iahd
è, -atW* foiSpëftaiJfêd <tb fhe lËppffï
J ^djoimng^W^^tBe^èövért^^ayji%fid-‘ a t tlië fOdfWf üfÉè glacis,
is & lak#Whöme i^atïsi 1 «ctéhdirig- thtëe;ib r tfottï ^ilè«i&tö* thé
Èódhtry ^ift a trertlheast1 direction.- 1°ï'e r near a-mik? 'óp-dhe1 biit-
sfdë óf" fh h neck of bröêV-' which connects it with ‘the
abové-'dive or- 'si£JJ%iitdred yards bróhd; and
ïii WéT^idcÏÏh’Wff thiW'tpdöe*lies^hê^lafeè, Ië^viÉfg^-'örtly rööïd
'oiW'èacfr:sidë1 fov 'a1 ïiafroW' caésfeWay/* ■: Air 'ap^fOach;; of $ this
sbri, fetid ^öfèonrtpfete?yj commanded,r'-wouldv render1 it very -dif-
ficult fÖr - ah°enèhïy: tohstmrftW NèapAÏjg jglafeis rb'may be. 4&~
tirely cut off, by opening the sKrices and cuttiiig the road across,
when thé lake wouMbecohnecfed with thei sea, and the garrison
completely insulated. H
In Äffe d éöÉ ^ p f the tlake stands an island, commaniCating
with a Sally-pdrt/ on' the east face"v'by a harrow caüsëway-'and
draw-bridges. 1 I f %as called b y the Dutch slave-island, -from
its being the place tp which-/they sent their sick slaves/ I f
is a remarkably/pleaSäwtA’spoty /‘full of èocoa^nufe frees; hA - battalion
of Malays ' is stationed. her& There is also an excellent
house built by thé Dutch, Which they employed ds a mason’s
lodge* w$th'& very pretty garden attached to if. This island is
véF^eön¥ëiiièö^?ys if lies; so contiguous to the förfc, and opens
thé nearest ’way to th e '’cinnamon ‘ gardens, which are’ close by it.
^Th# 'fort has! fhree ghtés ; 1 the principal; onë> Wheré ‘Ifchë main-
guard is stationed, is called the Delft gate, 'and leads intö the
pettak Or black town. I t has twb draw-bridges to pass over
the ditbh, which here forins a n : angle. A t e'adk Of the gates aré
guard hbuSés With a subaltern’s guard placed over theih/ '
Thè plan ‘of -Columbö'is regätot*.' •'
foW 5éqüal quarters by two -Ipihéipal'/strfets, which ctöls 'éach
other, Oind extend ;thè Whole fóngth of the town. To these^
Stealler ones nin parallel, with COönectihg laneS between them.
At the fdof of th e ramparts o n ’thej inside /is k; broad' street
or; way, Which goes round !f ^ / ^ M ‘-cöÄköätoiöiÄ«
with the bastions and soldiers’ bafraektf; ätid also-' affords, at thé
different angles, open spaces for thfeir private •’ parading^
‘ The gittrid parade fs by Pe ipeans ’suffeieht‘ifér^b'sgafn^Oftl
as if ; can hardly contend- one oé^^etirfile^inèifti (^ rf« § ié 'gid^.
of it are -féi^es of public dfflc'e^fdr 'fhè'Jcivirand-ftoilifeff d^i
partments, with* the t&Wh
Where the Dutch-, héld1 their high court- of 'üsti'cëT On ^SUf