 | 1759 - 594 pages
...ftrong ; the fea warning the walls of ' one part ; a deep, rapid, but narrow river, the weft fide ; and a broad deep ditch the reft of it. • The governor's...fort, and in the town without the fort ; but the road is at too great a diftance for mips to be defended by the fort, the fhallownefs of the fea obliging... | |
 | 1759 - 604 pages
...and ftrong ; the fea wafhing the walls of one part-; a deep, rapid, but narrow river, the weft fide ; and a broad deep ditch the reft of it. The governor's...fort, and in the town without the fort ; but the road is at too great a diftance for fliips to be defended by the fort, the fhallownefs of the fea obliging... | |
 | 1760 - 248 pages
...rapid, but narrow river runs by the weft fide, and the reft is encompaffed by a broad and deep ditch. The Governor's houfe is both beautiful and convenient,...feveral other good houfes in the fort and in the town ; but the road is at too great a diftance to be defended by this fortification, the fhallownefs of... | |
 | John Pinkerton - 1811 - 824 pages
...which a flag is hoifted on the fight of any ihip. The fort is both large and ftrong, the fea waming the walls of one third part of it, and a deep, rapid,...beautiful and convenient, and there are feveral other good boufes in the fort, and in the town without the fort, but the road for ihipping is at too great a diftance... | |
 | John Pinkerton - 1811 - 820 pages
...which a flag is hoifted on the fight of any fhip. The fort is both large and ftrong, the fea waming the walls of one third part of it, and a deep, rapid,...houfe is both beautiful and convenient, and there are feverat other good houfes in the fort, and in the town without the fort, but the road for fhipping... | |
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Dutch now ufe for their worfhip, ftands confpicuoufly on the top of the hill, and may be feen up or down the Streights at a good diftance, and a flag-ftaff is placed on the fteeple, on which a flag is hoifted on the fight of any fhip. The fort is both... 