the Rock, you aſcend about ſome Threeſcore Steps, which are cut out of it to the firſt Wall, which is immenſely thick and high, and built of a very durable and bright Stone, tho' not of the ſame ſort with that of Caſtle Ruſſin in Caſtle-Town; and has on it four little Houſes, or Watch-Towers, which overlook the Sea. The Gates are Wood, but moſt curiouſly arched, carved, and adorned with Pilaſters. Having paſſed the firſt, you have other Stairs of near half the number with the former, to mount before you come at the ſecond Wall, which, as well as the other, is full of Port-holes for Cannon, which are planted on Stone Croſſes on a third Wall.
Being entered, you find yourſelf in a wide Plain, in the midſt of which ſtands the Caſtle, encompaſſed by Four Churches, Three of which, Time has ſo much decayed, that there is little remaining beſides the Walls, and ſome few Tombs, which ſeem to have been erected with ſo much Care, as to perpetuate the Memory of thoſe buried in them, till the final Diſſolution of all Things. The fourth is kept a little better in Repair, but not ſo much
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