The Republican journal., 1898-06-09
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Recen' ,te " e>tern Hemisphere.
...--,.p.uteuce of The Journal.l
-.l> should Columbus and
" -.,.,1aies come on a ghostly
a' The course they took more
.srrIlies ago, they would have
..--, ia recognizing this old city of
-slsa an ancient and Iberian
.,.4- r-aiued TO this day. Beside
..ss,,d san Augustine is as an in
4,r.s. aud it was growing a trit1e
oelry when the Pilgrim Fathers
.-a. plymouth Rock. What
.re4t it has had since that
LIS iu 1919, when Don Diego de
- -teued it in honor of Spains
.... I1uee de Leon lived here
..Y .e began searching for the
-rual Youth. Cortez sail
1ce to the conquest of
de Grijalva made it his
When. in IBIS he started
of Yucatan. Narvaez
men here for the first
ida-all Of whom were
s. swamps of that land
mystery; and here De
alried awhile, in l52S.
80 tAe red and yellow flag
sed for the conquest
-n=licas. it seems in 1.-THE
things that here the
DatIle should be fought
banish the banner of
I.1m Ills side of the world.
-a ia1o few weeks ago-as
nook and camera. In
t1ld you about the mar
manuel which leads from
the harbor, pursuing a
r-e l3,t the MORO and other
Iaint construction, be-
dud broad meadows, CO.
... mi ushing hamlets-all the
IT,. -u >lule on either side that
s...sl le uagigating an inland river;
sg rurn a sharp angle of the
the broad and sheltered
I -eamen call one of the
emit in the world. 1t is not
bay Of Rio de Janeiro, and
..Y... .l. III some respects; but like
0ai tor, is studded with islets,
ls are encamped around it.
.. l1l shallow for large vessels
It's wharyes, and steamers
ur more from shore. The
ua. feI Iuarter- master in the fore
ae match to his brass l2-
.lr,ilv have the reverbera-
Nay among the hills before
surrounded by swarm of
seer little covered canoes,
aud passengers and their
.. mike other West Indian
Lohody bathing in the lu-
md not an urchin offers to
The harbor is full of sharks
F ones, of the man eating
may count dozens of them
ot the vessel, especially at
emely phosphorescent is
utt when the wind blows,
lakes little sparks Of fire in
4 hsh swimming through
effect as the wind, leaving
behind him like the tail of a
aig, stationary spot of phos
-lt you see is caused by a
Nng his tins as he lies in
They are the tigers of the
}or Of the local boatmen.
d swimmer a man may be,
.anee for his life in these wa
rt " ogerboard is simply TO be
o to limb, without rising
Itace.
JAe vhalf you are instantly
drivers OF half dozen
torias, whose antiquated
ri>e the entire wheel transit
.uG hey fail to secure a pas
be an unusually verdant
use the steep streets are SO
ed that everybody who does
se. or mule, prefers to trust
Nc. The hills which enclose
Zee sides, rising in green
Ae water edge to the far
% are beautiful to look upon
elent drainage to the city,
l Of a nuisance for daily
Al.lng at the surf line, the
streets run sharply up $50
ard appear to have never
sln the days of Velazquez.
t44s have washed great gullies
some places several feet
Ice traffic of nearly four CEN
ll-ooted the original cobble
aHl1 dangerous pitfalls and
le street which our consul
-7 9i the principal thorough
passable at all for vehicles,
A'r-rmen after dark, and to walk
- any time is almost at the
neck, Most of the narrow
ped with cement sidewalks,
nches wide; but others have
"t taiI and in them pedestrians
".-'. I'd take the road, dodging
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