. A description of the East, and some other countries . weft point. To the fouth of the entrance is the pier H, and onthe fouth fide are remains of the wall that encompafled the port, thetop of which, if I miftake not, is on a level with the ground without;there are broad ftones laid floping from the walls towards the port; tworows of which I faw ; they feem to be the pavement of the quay, wherethe water is now very fhallow, though doubtlefs the fhips formerly cameup to that place. To the eaft of the port there is a fmall ftrand I, andeafl of that a low ground K, which feems as if it had been
. A description of the East, and some other countries . weft point. To the fouth of the entrance is the pier H, and onthe fouth fide are remains of the wall that encompafled the port, thetop of which, if I miftake not, is on a level with the ground without;there are broad ftones laid floping from the walls towards the port; tworows of which I faw ; they feem to be the pavement of the quay, wherethe water is now very fhallow, though doubtlefs the fhips formerly cameup to that place. To the eaft of the port there is a fmall ftrand I, andeafl of that a low ground K, which feems as if it had been funk foran oblong fquare bafon, there being high ground round it; in this ba-fon it is probable the fhips were laid up; it is faid there are antientarches remaining at this time in fome of their warehoufes, fuppofed tobelong to the buildings of the old port, where the fhips now lie verymuch expofed and ftraightened for room, and when there is a highwind they often fall foul of each other; there is no quay, but a ftrand * xvi. pag. 751. round».
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