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We paflcd oyer a fpot, which is appropriated for the exercifing ground.
The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL. D ... 1785
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We were ftrongly recommended to vifit Alfred's tower, a very magni - ficent building, erected on a fpot which is rendered memorabh by a victory fuppofed to have been there gained by that brave, wife, and illuftrious monarch.
A tour through the island of Great Britain : divided into circuits or journies ... 1778
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On quitting this ifland, we retraced our coiirfe to feek a fpot fit fi3r repairing our veiTels, one oF which leaked greatly, and the other, for want of a pilot, had ftrnds on a fand bank near an ifland called Bibalen *; but, thank God, we got it afloat again.
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The young fon of Terreeoboo, who was about twelve years old, ufed to boaft of his being admitted to drink ava, and fliewed us, with great triumph, a fmall fpot in his fide that was growing fcaly.
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We did not indeed find any frefh water at this fpot; but the vigour and livelinefs of vegetation, and the height of the country, to us, were certain indices of the exiftence of fome rivulets or at leaft of fome copious fprings.
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When this diforder attacks any perfon, he is carried to fome fpot at a great diftance from any houfe, where his food is conveyed to him by means of a long flick, for no one will venture very near the invalid, who is thus left to take his chance of life or death.
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Oppofite to this is a horn-work commonly called the Water-fort, which was built during the government of the governor general Van Imhoff, at an immenfe expence to the Company; for feveral large ihips were obliged | to be funk on account of the depth of water on the fpot, in order to lay a good foundation for building the fort.
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The common people are interred in ho particular fpot.
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As foon as I quitted the fpot, the natives began to annoy our people with ftones; and I had fcarcely reached
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Indeed the whole country about the bay is agreeable beyond defcription, and if properly cul - tivated would be a mofl frrtile fpot.
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