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The port, or harbor, of Barcelona is formed by an inlet of the sea. A triangular tongue of land, with a long jetty projecting from its southern point, shelters it from the violence of the sea, except on the south–east. On the widest part of the tongue of land is the suburb of Barceloneta, or Little Barcelona, inhabited by sailors and other lower orders of people.
"I can just remember the city as it was when I left it in a steamer to go to Marseilles, about ten years ago," said Raimundo, as he and Scott stood on the lee side of the quarter–deck, looking at the objects of interest that were presented to them. "It does not seem to have changed much."