We stood on until, running under a battery which defends the town on the seaside, we anchored off a pier.  The view was indeed highly picturesque.  The town has an ancient appearance, the houses being built without any regard to order, many of them looking as if destined ere long to tumble down.  Then our eyes wandered round the deep bay, on the surrounding broken ground, and the commanding cliffs, lighted up by the rays of the setting sun, which cast a dark shadow over the town itself on the western side.