306 THE MILITARY AND CIVIL HOSPITALS. 



sentry, who continually paces in front of it. The 

 only building which I saw that presented any real 

 pretension to beauty was a mosque, built in the 

 Egyptian style, with mimic towers. Strangers were 

 not admitted within it on the days when I was 

 ashore ; so I had to be satisfied with a glance, that 

 revealed to me the handsome decorations of a very 

 small part of it, and a massive chandelier, pendant 

 from the dome which formed the roof. 



The Hospital is a large, commodious, well-venti- 

 lated building, surrounded by verandas, healthily 

 situated, and close by the water's side. It comprises 

 three separate departments. One building is devoted 

 to the military, and is known as the Military Hos- 

 pital. A second building is known as the Civil 

 Hospital, where the citizens are admitted at a charge 

 of a shilling, and seamen of other nations at two 

 shillings, per diem. The ground-floor of this build- 

 ing is set apart for the use of the black Asiatic popu- 

 lation — French, English, and American negroes be- 

 ing admitted to the same apartment as the whites. 

 At the time we were there the dj'sentery was so 

 prevalent amongst the Asiatics, that it was found 

 necessary to extend their apartments, and for this 

 purpose a part of the upper portion of the building 

 was devoted to their use. 



Having sent two of our men to this hospital for 

 treatment for stricture of the urethra, I visited it, and 

 found it clean, orderly, and well conducted. The 

 resident and visiting physicians are all Englishmen, 

 and, from their mode of operation, I should judge 

 them to be scientific and skilful surs^eons. The 

 Malabars are attended to by Creole physicians, who 



