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witb rq~son, a master-piece of art in it8 way. Not presuming tod9ubtthis, as Qcular proof i5 denied, its situation, which lS aIl that ise;xtant to judge from, 5eems to present a master..piece of folly.Theijrst: idCa thatstrikes and caUs' upih the' mind a spirit: of investigationon, thesubject i5, What couldthe system he, which produced suchathing,including aIl its relations? This leads, of course to reflection on,the politicaI state of the country, by and for which;it was constructed~Wttsit intended as a place of arms?---an Olympus, wheuce govem'"ment ,shouldhurlitsthunders overa conqueredprovince ?Thesituationpresents no corroboration of this idea, though the oId and zealousre.sistance to.the house of Burbon on the part of the Catalonians. Illightcause them to he viewed with a jealous poIiticaI eye. Allappreh@sionofdangerfrom the French side i5 compIetely put to sleep bythe accession of this family: were it otherwi5e, very different precauti9nsinlleedwouldbe requisite, and far beyond that of the construction;ofan insulated fortress. Yet,whyelse is itonthe frontier? Situ.ated asit is, itcannot failsuggesting the idea of a nidus for an invadoioillg~r.my;an advanced 'place'd'a1"rnes to secure ata11 times (assoon ast~e~,ap;dwhatwork ofhumanhands is irnpregnahleto human effort?)toits,powerful andassuming neighbour an entryinto the PeninsuJa.,8i"cd aifo}'d acover toa retreat out of if. If, so, it8 site is n:Iiost judi..ciou$. As Erenchcouneilsareknown to guide aIl, of Iater years, inthis country, can this he a specimen of Erench polie]? and if it i8,what a .clue does itafford to interHalpolitics !Figueras does not black the passof Colde Pe.rtius, hutiiteffectuany~v~rs it. In regard to thefôrtres8 system in generaI; it is to beob..served, that small ones are a paltry mode of defen:ee J ;andthose uponthisextendedandcravingscale, when'duly. ma.sked,\ do notnecessapilyreta:J;d the p)jogressof1.he\campaign; andall lmust ultimately'f