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and business and newspaper offices. 

 Near the city are two race-courses 

 and a bull - ring. The tram- 

 ways have been electrified, and 

 the streets are lit with electric light. 

 Its immense harbour is somewhat 

 exposed and obstructed by reefs, 



Montevideo, Uruguay. Plan of the central districts of the city 

 direction, and now lines the bay legislative buildings, clubs, hotels, 

 on its three sides. The Cerro, a 

 low, conical hill, alt. 500 ft., at the 

 head of the bay, is crowned by an 

 old fort,still inuse.anda lighthouse. 

 Montevideo is the principal sea- 

 port of the country, and the ter- 

 minus of several railway lines. 

 Built on a regular 

 plan of cuadradas, 

 or squares, the 

 streets extend 

 N., S., E., and 

 W. from the old 

 central point, the 

 Plaza de la In- 

 dependencia, and 

 the closely built 

 section of the 

 town, standing on 

 a long tongue of 

 land thrust into 

 the bay, continu- 

 ally enjoys sea 

 breezes. One of 

 the best built cities in the west- 

 ern hemisphere, many of its 

 public buildings are very imposing. 

 The seat of an archbishopric 

 with two suffragan bishops, it 



The climate is healthy, although 

 a high summer temperature pre- 

 vails. Beef, hides, and other animal 

 products are exported. The city 

 was founded in 1726, and cap- 

 tured by the British in 1807, but 

 was relinquished when General 

 Whitelocke met with disaster at 

 Buenos Aires. It became free in 

 1814, and was made capital of the 

 republic in 1828. Pop. 379,000. 

 See Uruguay. 



Monte Viso. Peak in Piedmont, 

 Italy. It is the highest point of 

 the Cottian Alps. It stands near 

 the sources of the Po, and has an 

 alt. of 12,608 ft. The starting 

 point for the ascent is Crissolo. 



Montez, LOLA (1818-61). Stage 

 name of the Irish dancer, Marie 

 Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert. 

 Born at Limerick, she lost her 

 father, an army officer, when a 

 child in India. After a clandestine 

 marriage in 1837, which ended in 

 a divorce five years later, she took 

 up dancing and appeared in 

 London as Lola Montez, Spanish 

 dancer. After touring through 

 Europe and Russia in 1847 she 



fascinated ~ "-riiiTIBMIiai 



Ludwig I of I 

 Bavaria, who | 

 created her ** f 

 countess of 

 Landsfeld, and 

 she began to 

 take an active 

 part in politics. 

 Returning t o 

 England after 

 the Revolution 

 of 1 848, she married a G uards officer. 

 George Heald, in 1849, but his rela- 

 tives taking proceedings against her 

 for bigamy, she induced him to take 

 her to Spain and thence to America, 

 1851, where she was again suc- 

 cessful on the stage. On Heald's 

 death the same year, she married 

 and left her third husband, and 

 after touring in Australia, returned 

 to America, where she devoted her- 

 self to works of charity. She died 



has a cathedral, numerous in- 

 teresting churches, a university, 

 schools, many theatres, and hos- 

 pitals. The Plaza Constitucion 

 is the very heart of the city's life, 

 and here are the cathedral, the old 



rendering it in- 

 secure from the 

 heavy storms 

 which frequently 

 occur. The sea- 

 side suburbs o f 

 Pocitos and Ra- 

 mirez are popular 

 resorts for the 

 citizens of Buenos 

 Aires. 



Montevideo, Uruguay. Facade of the cathedral, com- 

 pleted in 1905. Top, left, Plaza de la Independencia, 

 the principal square, and the Avenida 18 de Julio 



