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. i“""" ‘Freed
the ‘mid 0‘; C011“: they are private
‘ apd mired; and under the house is a
Q-‘item, which
med With water. Every dwelling is a
separate castle: and capable of ‘ mili-
“'7' defence. The "streets of this city
:3 ""f"3Tkab1y- well paved, which
that some measure, arise from
“,3 dest mg few or no wheel-carriages
are n0t'.'9Y ‘he Piwfment. . Coaches
are too :1“ "55: and most of the streets
or the carrow to admit them. Carts,
lflweyance of goods, are al.
2 in the rainy season, is
" In the dress and personal orna-
mwnt .
ex‘“a‘:na both men and women are very
and ‘agant’ e9P3C!a1iy the latter ;
told that the money expend-
‘ I 2 ' .
Eh-0ci’s"ali;lml:adY 6 sill; stockings and
t ' -
uwxce in .
. File same) is enormous.
-m:,’f;‘“gnffIm8 tile principal amuse-
sumhle ext“ aimed on to a very cen-
:1: In Spine of the private
as - P3 Ies meet regularly
ategnmfmf’ and Play for large sums
.inv0 u 9 hazard. The game now
lansqgetfeif cigled Monte: a species of
re - - ’. 111 more complicated,
anti-uzglgtllime slim: and played for
pmided .5 Parties choose to stake,
amount in ihedues H9‘, exceed the
cidcd, and bank 5 It 18 quickly de-
angemu c""99‘1“Ent1y the more
c.-,,, 0 “: -Another game, called
so punch: in plain English, Sin, jg at.
its name ‘pfr-actlsedi It-' well -deserves
.,.ai-id’ tfm0l' the decision ‘is so very
may be .m"““l" 10‘ a large amount
iliiihystgailled “’ ‘"51: Without the
lit: .
Pamcs the quantity of gum and
g; and On the table is astonish-
-passes frogie "aPiditY with which ‘it’
' ' one P9556550!‘ to another,
'.5il"l ,
of ;in;;1g‘,?;s‘:xef“P115eS the uncertainty
-that whist er skwealth. I understand
arc imkngwneac gammon, and chess,
“fer Probablmilong the’ Spanmds‘
gem stimulu Y 0 not possess sufli.
tal exertion :1,
an is congenial with the
(for they never walk out-
Fxercise Of the mind. At.
3: and require more men-
ron JULY, .1811. . . . 373
disposition of the people. ’One ofthe
amusements of the higher class of in.
habitants is the Theatre; and as the
performance hhgins early, and con.
tinues onl ‘about three hours, itdoe:
not intc ere with the more serious
business of gaming, which usually.
concludes the night. i
“ Yesterday, though Sunday, the.
market was excessively crowded, es‘-
pecially the lish and vegetable mar-
kets ; the latter was supplied with a,
surprising profusion of every thing in
season. Garlic in this place is a most
important article, and is sold in strings
three orfouryards long, which are
piled in stacks. The market also
abounded with onions, grapes, me‘-
lons, pumpkins, turnips, carrots, and;
celery of a prodigious thickness. The
consumption of meat in this city is
very small, -and the little consumed is
ofa very inferior quality. The poorer
and middling class of people live prin-
cipally on fruits and vegetables,‘ with
fish, which is sold fried in ml, at.
shops in different parts of the town.
“ Good water is very scarce in this
city; there are no springs in the Pe-
ninsula but what are brackish, iitonly
for washing, and" not for culinary
purposes. ‘Every house has a cistern,
or tank, filled with rain water, but
they usually prefer ' that which is
brought in cask!’ hlf boats: 90111 513
Maryrs. -To cool this water, and ren-
der itlit for drinking,‘ they filter it
through small jars of porous clay,‘
which renders it very cool and refresh.-
ing. The richer inhabitants use water - -
cooled with ice,- which ‘is brought
daily from the mountains of -Rondo in
large quantities, and in this climate is .
a "great luxury.”
CURIOUS LETTER.
The follo'tvi11g'E:'nigmatical letter
was actuallyvseut not many years ago
to a Right Reverend Dean :e,
6‘ Rey. Sir,-3-I am,told there is :2
" - hook
or p." .’
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