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435.
Some account of Batavia

Within this Castle as it is call'd, are apartments for the Governor general & all the members of the council of India, to which they are enjoind to repair in case of a seige, here are also large storehouses, where are kept great quantities of the companies good, especialy European; & where almost all their writers &c. do their business, here are also a large quantity of Cannon laid up in store, but whether to mount on their walls, or furnish their shipping in case of the aproach of an enemy, I could not learn, tho from their appearance I should judge them to be intended for the latter,  as for powder, they are said to be well supplied with it, & that it is dispers'd into various magazines on account of the frequency of lightning

Besides the fortifications of the town, there are numerous forts up & down the countrey, some between 20 & 30 miles from the town, most of these seem to be very poor defences, & are probably intended for little more than to keep the natives in awe, they have also 

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