The carriages of these guns are very clumsy, the wheels consisting of round discs without spokes.
From our tower of observation we can form a perfect estimate of the extent and strength of the fortifications.

The city is completely surrounded by three lofty walls, which seem to have been calculated to last an eternity, for they still stand almost uninjured in all their glory.

In some places images of the Virgin, of the size of life, are hewn out of the walls.
The neighbourhood of Rhodes is most charming, and almost resembles a park.

Many country houses lie scattered throughout this natural garden.

The vegetation is here no less luxuriant than in Smyrna.
The architecture of the houses already begins to assume a new character.