 | Virginia - 1763 - 502 pages
...in the rainy feafon, are the only places for walking, the ftreets being utterly impaflable. Guiaquil is defended by three forts, two on the river near...ftrong palifadoes. In proportion to its dimenfions, Guiaquil contains as many inhabitants as any city in all America, the great refort of ftrangers contributing... | |
 | World history - 1763 - 496 pages
...in the rainy feafon, are the only places for walking, the ftreets being utterly impaflable. Gtdaquil is defended by three forts, two on the river near...ftrong palifadoes. In proportion to its dimenfions, Guiaquil contains as many inhabitants as any city in allAmerica^ the great refort of flrangers contributing... | |
 | Travel - 1796 - 320 pages
...the old town has the advantage, being built on a gravelly soil, which is never impassable. This city is defended by three forts ; two on the river near the city, -and the third behind it, guarding the entrance of a ravin. These are all built after the modern method... | |
 | Antonio de Ulloa - Blacks - 1806 - 530 pages
...the old town has the advantage, being built on a gravelly foil, which is never impaflable. THIS city is defended by three forts, two on the river near the city, and the third behind it, guarding the entrance of a ravine. Thefe are all built after the modern method... | |
 | John Pinkerton - Voyages and travels - 1813 - 920 pages
...the old town ha» the advantage, being built on a gravelly foil, which is never impaflable. This city is defended by three forts, two on the river near the city, and the third behind it, guarding the entrance of a ravine. Thefe are all built after the modern method... | |
 | R. P. Forster - Africa - 1818 - 514 pages
...breadth is not at all proportional, every person being fond of having a house near the river. This city is defended by three forts ; two on the river near the city, and the third behind it, guarding the entrance of a ravin. These are all built. after the modern method... | |
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Guiaquil is defended by three forts, two on the river near the city, and one behind it, all fortified in the modern manner, and built of a. variety of pieces of hard wood, forming a kind of ftrong palifadoes. In proportion to its dimenfions, Guiaquil... 