Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1879-02-22
4 VIEW OF HAVANA.
rur lovely PANORAMA THAT uN-
roLps As THE TOURIST ENTERS
THE HARBOR.

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The startling panorama q the city
e Havana breaks upon the view like
! theatrical transformation scene; but
happy would be the manager VINO
conld nut auch q scene upon his stage.
The city hss been hidden by the cas-
IA, Rounding the castle, the queer
old Spanish town Is before you. Inc
harbor is full Of ships, the streets are
full Of life, and the sun y giving them
his first reminder Of what ne INTENDS
= do ut noon. This is fine soil for
forts hereabouts. They flourish with
out watering. Take stone in your
: hand, blindfold yourself, turn around a
three times, throw the stone, and nve
!, to one. you hit a fort. And II the
same stone doesn't knock down TWO
1 or three officers and a priest, Allan
: has been good to you. just back q
0 tho MORO is another fort that looks
IS very much like the high stone wall
e around a country jail, dotted at inter,
q va,s with stone crosses and here ana
il there a rusty bell. The use OF TINS
SECOND fort is evident. Should the
y soldiers ever have to desert the MORO
a ~ rNN
:; l. they would have something 70 run
40 40 into, and, wearing very few Clothes
At thew ought to be good runners. Inc
~ castle and this second fort occupy
\. nearly the whole Of the hill opposite
we the CITY across the harbor. There y
one little cottage, southwark, that
aid looked to me, coming out from among
18th the icebergs, like q vision Of heaven. !. 4
the was small and low, and matched VIII
DIES tiles; two immense, spreading trees
"It greener than the darkest ocean /. UNI
ach famed its roof and almost hid it frol
l. a SIGHT. Their foliage SO darkened til
Mace that the man who sat in 1rol
and of the door and smoked his cigaret'
his hooked more dusky than he was.
lille row Of palm trees, tall and gree
ster, stood guard few yards in front
the cottage. We watched the ma
,;r1 ,a a. +he sun came up higher Al
gone higher be moved further and furt''
ony back into the shade, and While
hats watched him flock Of sheep q
your goats, and a shepherd with q cro'
III my came down the hill from behind
stiff cottage in single file, the sheph'
last. They frisked down to the
ncing ter's edge and went in and bath
: half Look at this picture, Mr.. New lori
'e: as YOU pull on your ulster; shade,
i tho green leaves, and bathing fiocks; d
January 2. TO the left Of this
r,a;rd. tage, still on the hill opposite the
: With are more small buildings, the no
o. lin Of fishermen and boatmen, bull
70 aav stone, rooted with clay tiles, as III
trnctible almost as the rocks
,,,,aea stand on. Among these little b.
in de- incs, painted blue in the front
- was red on the side facing us, is Il
40 Tho one It was once the Havana III
II c,ee tai, but now it is used tor c
,on was dwellings. Before the sun is
- ,,;abt the front windows, which are
and frequent, are all open, the
aid the tery have disappeared, and til
! ,ne.t. has free course through the bul
,aao tho The harbor is full Of ships; 81
IN this men-of-war, English, Spanish
W. German merchantmen. On a
,;no his schooner, tied up to the wharf
!, ;,,,,rrv the Stars and Stripes. Did il
,ane the occur to you, Mr.. Traveller in
q hetter: waters, when you saw the Sta'
Stripes flying, to go over to tn
laird gri- per and shake MINUS WIN >,
ane, and say, Chow are YOU oa wy
meal for when you sa" son'' .
70 make the masthead to want to say
last they skipper, "What are you DON
It crossed you OLD haAk