Letters concerning the Spanish nation: written at Madrid, during the years 1760 and 1761 / [Edward Clarke].

  • Edward Clarke
Date:
1763
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Credit: Letters concerning the Spanish nation: written at Madrid, during the years 1760 and 1761 / [Edward Clarke]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The Spaniards call the Tower of Hercules by a wrong name : It is amazing, when the infcription ftill remains as an evi¬ dence, that it was the Tower of Mars, that they fhoulcf be fo perverfe as to give it to Hercules. The words are : MARTI. A V G. S \ C R C. SEVIUS. LVPVS. ARCH1TECTVS. A. F. D A N I E N S I S. LVSITANVS. EXVL. It is very plain, that the Romans intended this for a watch-houfe, or fpeculum, and the Spaniards ufe it as a light-houfe now. The poorer fort, both men and women, at Corunna, wear neither fhoes nor ftockings. We lodged at the bed: inn; but all inns throughout Spain afford miferable accommodations : It was kept by an Irifhman named Obrien. We were well entertain¬ ed by the Spanifh Governor Don Louis de Cordouva, and the Englifh conful Mr. Jordan. The town is pretty, and fupplied with water by an aquedudl. Our route from Corunna to As- torga and Madrid was as follows : ROUTE from CORUNNA to MADRID. »• 'A * ' t Leagues* To Patansos, Firfl day. ~ 3 Jeteris, Yamonde, | Second day, — 5 — 2 Lugo, Gallego, | Third day. 1 1 Fuenfria, Serrarias, ^Fourth day. 1 1 ■ f: ■ . Carried over. — 29 Brought
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