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26"2 TRAVELS KS EGYPT, NUBIA,
said to have been repaired or enlarged, if not entirely built,
by the French. I had just time to make a few observations
on the interior, when I was forced out by the Turkish soldiers
of the garrison. This caution against the discovery of its
neglected state was natural; every thing was allowed to go
to ruin. There were many guns, but all badly mounted, and
in appearance old : those towards the river en barbette. The
fort was revetted with brick, and without ditch or covert
way; its scarp, about twenty feet, commanding all the
country round, and the approach to it rendered difficult by
the nature of the ground. It seemed to me between one and
two hundred yards across, in its widest part; and capable of
containing a garrison of three or four thousand men, but
which, at that time, was not more than thirty or forty sol-
diers. It had a good range of barracks, a mosque, and de-
tached houses. The walls were weak. The principal entrance
was from the river, and there was another on the south side.
JAFFA.
Since the attack and capture of Jaffa by the French, it
has been much strengthened, both by Djezzar Pasha and the
ruling ao-a. The new works are to the west of the town, and
consist of round towers, connected by curtains of masonry,
said to have been repaired or enlarged, if not entirely built,
by the French. I had just time to make a few observations
on the interior, when I was forced out by the Turkish soldiers
of the garrison. This caution against the discovery of its
neglected state was natural; every thing was allowed to go
to ruin. There were many guns, but all badly mounted, and
in appearance old : those towards the river en barbette. The
fort was revetted with brick, and without ditch or covert
way; its scarp, about twenty feet, commanding all the
country round, and the approach to it rendered difficult by
the nature of the ground. It seemed to me between one and
two hundred yards across, in its widest part; and capable of
containing a garrison of three or four thousand men, but
which, at that time, was not more than thirty or forty sol-
diers. It had a good range of barracks, a mosque, and de-
tached houses. The walls were weak. The principal entrance
was from the river, and there was another on the south side.
JAFFA.
Since the attack and capture of Jaffa by the French, it
has been much strengthened, both by Djezzar Pasha and the
ruling ao-a. The new works are to the west of the town, and
consist of round towers, connected by curtains of masonry,