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Some account of Batavia
at even distances from each other, are not very easily collected into a circle, if 4 or 5 visitors arrive at once
Publick buildings they have several, most of them old & executed in rather a clumsey taste, their new church however, which is Built with a dome, (that is seen very far out at sea) is certainly far from an ugly building on the outside, tho rather heavy, & on the inside is a very fine room, its organ is well proportiond being large enough to fill it, & it is so well supplied with Chandeliers, that few churches in Europe are so well lighted
From buildings, I should make an easy transition to fortifications was it not a subject which I must confess myself totaly ignorant of, I shall atempt however to describe what I have seen in general terms. The city of Batavia is enclosd by a stone wall of a moderate hight, old, & in many parts not in the best repair; besides this, three sides a river in different places from 50 to 100