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THE TRAVELS OF
another pair of ſtairs leads to the council chamber: and the Governor's lodgings.
The fort ſtands near the centre of the white-town where the Europeans inhabit. This is an oblong ſquare, about a quarter of a mile in lengthy but not half ſo much in breadth. To the northward of the fort are three handſome ſtreets, and as many to the fourth: the buildings are of brick; and ſeveral of the houſes have one floor above the ground floor. Their roofs are flat, and covered with a plaiſter made of ſea-ſhells, which no rain can penetrate. Oppoſite the weſt gate of the fort is along room where the ſoldiers lodge
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