70 JOURNEY THROUGH THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUARTER

inundated, when the wind blows into the bay. It appears,neverthelefs, that this dam, which perhapsis the work of art,has been enclofed and fortified by walls, one of which is Hillevident; being, on the fide next the continent, attached to theSquare tower C. The ftrongeft fortifications, however, are inthe ifle itfelf, which is not only protected by ftrong walls raifedof hewn ftones, but alfo by towers, the foundations of whichare ftill difcernible; namely, one near the gate, and three onthe eaftern fide, all of a fquare form: but there is one in theSouth-weftern corner, that has probably fupported a roundtower; though it is at prefent a mere heap of ruins. From thefame angle, a wall feems to have proceeded into the fea; and,nearly oppofite to it, another wall is raifed from the fhdre ofthe bay up the height on which the city was fituated. Nearthis fortification, on the coaft, two fepulchral vaults had beenforced open. They were fituated befide one another, linedwith ftones, and only a few arfhines in diameter.

The ruins above defcribed, with their fquares of ftone-work, and the fcattered buildings of a ftill larger fize, occupyalmoft the whole foil of this fmall peninfula. The raoft diftantwall commences at the extremity of the bay, fomewhat behindthe fortified ifle, and paffes over the height in a ftraight line,though obliquely from North to South, tili it reaches the coaft,at a diftance of about 240 fathoms; where it terminates conti-guoufly to a fteep, lofty bank, and thus interfec\s this half-infulated traft. On the fide next the ifle, the wall appears tohave been provided with a gate, and an outwork. It is fartherprobable, that a tower formerly ftood at the diftance of fortyfathoms from the fea-fhore. Not unlike other interior walls,

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