Stanfield's Coast scenery : a series of picturesque views in the British channel and on the coast of France . inst the quays ofthe town, the tide, ebbing every twelve hours, leaving dry the whole ofthe sands between St. Malo, the causeway, St. Servan, and the old city. The town has been bombarded many times by the English. In 1693,an English vessel was stranded on a rock opposite the port St. Thomas,filled with machinery to crush the town, if it had succeeded, as was anti-cipated; but the assailants, finding themselves discovered and fired at fromthe Fort Royal, quickly set fire to their vesse
Stanfield's Coast scenery : a series of picturesque views in the British channel and on the coast of France . inst the quays ofthe town, the tide, ebbing every twelve hours, leaving dry the whole ofthe sands between St. Malo, the causeway, St. Servan, and the old city. The town has been bombarded many times by the English. In 1693,an English vessel was stranded on a rock opposite the port St. Thomas,filled with machinery to crush the town, if it had succeeded, as was anti-cipated; but the assailants, finding themselves discovered and fired at fromthe Fort Royal, quickly set fire to their vessel, seeking to save themselvesin their boats; in this, however, they were frustrated, for of the entirenumber of forty-one men all perished, including the engineer. Thisinfernal machine, as it was called by the inhabitants, caused muchdevastation in the town, but it did no personal damage. In 1695,another attempt was made, which was equally unsuccessful. In 1758,two descents were effected near St. Malo, at Cancale, and at St. Cast; butthe resistance that they experienced compelled the troops to re-embark,. s* ST. MALO. 21 after having lost three thousand men, and seven hundred prisoners; theMalouins lost but four hundred men killed and wounded. The commerce of St. Malo is very active; there are many manufacto-ries of soap, tobacco, biscuit, sail-cloth, and cordage, a forge for the navy,and materials for building, as well within as without the walls. Thevessels which the Malouins employ for the cod-fishery from the port arefrom a hundred to four hundred tons ; these vessels carry with them thesalts of Guerand, for the curing of the fish. The cod prepared by theMalouins has an acknowledged superiority over that which is prepared inEngland. They have also whale, mackerel, and oyster fisheries, in thegreat road of Cancale, near their town; the latter are considered the bestin France: they also trade largely in the cloths of Bretagne, and all sortsof merchandise. When war intercepts
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