Excerpt from Travels in Spain, Vol. 2 of 3: Containing a New, Accurate, and Comprehensive View of the Present State of That CountryThe department of Carthagena has many advantages over that of F e'rrol. The fafety of its harbour is known by an old proverb among feamen, who fay, there are but three good ports for ve¿'els, the months of June and July, and the harbour of Carthagena. This fafety ex tends to the arfenals and dock yards, which in a narrow place may, if I may fo fay, be locked up by a jingle q, ac cording to th'e expre¿ion of the Spa nifh failors. Cathagena therefore is the port where the greatefl'. Number of {hips are built, caulked, and careened. The prefent monarch gyge, a corps of navy tion of M. -fwhom. I {hall hereafter lpeak.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.