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is a fine walk, also planted with rows of large trees. It is 

 abont a hundred feet wide, and extends from the Saint Vin- 

 cent or Queen's Wharf to the Dry river, eastward of the 

 Catholic cathedral, running parallel to the sea. A square has 

 been lately formed at its eastern extremity, with the statue of 

 Christopher Columbus in the centre, placed on a high pedestal 

 in an ornamental fountain. The statue is the gift of Mr. 

 Hippolyte Borde, a native of the island. The promenade is 

 divided nearly in the middle by an open plot, which is used as 

 a cart-stand. There is in the centre a fountain, ornamented with 

 a diminutive group — a child holding a swan by the neck. 

 From the cart-stand the Almond Walk — an alley planted with 

 almond trees (Terminalia catalpd) — leads to the South Quay 

 and the old jetty, or King's Wharf, whilst Frederick Street runs 

 up in an opposite direction to the Circular Road, a distance 

 of more than a mile in a straight line. To the eastward of the 

 town, between George and Nelson Streets, is the market-place, 

 which was, for a long time, appropriated to the sale of vege- 

 tables, but has been since formed into an open square. A1 

 the north end of the town, an open space — Belliard's Orchard- 

 has likewise been laid out as a square. 



To the north of Port-of- Spain, and forming part of the town ; 

 is a fine extent of level pasture or meadow land, called th< 

 Queen's Park, well fenced in with hard wood posts and iron 

 bars ; it is used as a grazing ground, for milch cows particularly ; 

 though other animals are admitted at a monthly fee. It forms 

 one of the finest race-courses in the West Indies ; the great 

 defect is the want of a sufficient number of trees for shelter to 

 the animals pastured there. 



Between the Queen's Park and the town there are two other 

 plots of land enclosed by iron railings and separated by the 

 avenue leading to the Circular Road ; the one bordering on the 

 St. Ann's Road is designated as the Small Savanna; on the 

 other is constructed the Prince's Building, an unsightly 

 structure, which is used by the pupils of the Royal College. 



Westward of Brunswick Square, between St. Vincent and 

 Abercrombie Streets, stand the Government and Court-houses — 

 two massive edifices on the same line and set due north and 

 south. In point of architecture and solidity, they are far from 

 being creditable to the architect, and can never, by any con- 



