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348 A JOURNEY TO THE
flocked with hay, and made our beds as
foft as we could.
In the morning we rofe and furveyed
the place. The churches of the two con-
vents are both ftanding, though unroofed.
They were built of unhewn ftone, but
folid, and not inelegant. I brought away
rude meafures of the buildings, fuch as
I cannot much truft myfelf, inaccurately
taken, and obfcurely noted. Mr. Pennant*^
delineations, which are doubtlefs exad,
have made my unfkilful defcripiion lefs
neceflary.
The epifcopal church confifts of two
parts, feparated by the belfry, and built at
different times. The original church had,
like others, the altar at one end, and tower
at the other ; but as it grew too fmall, an-
other building of equal dimenfion was
added, and the tower then was neceffarily
in the middle.
That