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surveyor-general's description of the town says: "At 

 the time the Spaniards left the town, all the gardens 

 were well stocked with fruit trees, viz: figs, guavas, 

 plantain (banana), pomegranate, lemons, limes, cit- 

 rons, shaddock, bergamot, China and Seville oranges, 

 the latter full of fruit throughout the whole winter 

 season." Natural inference would therefore indicate 

 that tradition is correct when it names the "pomegra- 

 nate, plantain, pineapple, pawpaw, olive and sugar 

 cane, orange and lemon trees," as being in the Gov- 

 ernor's garden. These are to be found in the old 

 dooryards and indeed everywhere, to this day. Many 

 of course are native, but even the exotics are so thor- 

 oughly naturalized that they grow in the wild as freely 

 as the natives. 



De Brahm further explains that "The Governour's 

 residence has on both sides piazzas, viz., a double one 

 on the south and a single on to the north ; also a Belve- 

 dere and a grand portico decorated with Doric pillars 

 and entablatures." Stork's plan (facing page 24) does 

 not give us these details of the residence, but as he shows 

 its width to be thirty-five feet, he doubtless includes 

 within the lines he gives, the piazzas on both sides. 

 And the wing at the rear corresponds to his written lo- 

 cation of the Belvedere which De Brahm mentions but 

 does not locate. Stork's description says: "In the 

 middle of the town is a spacious square called the 



