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is used as a cart-stand, and from which the Almond walk an alley 

 planted with almond trees (Terminalia catalpa) leads to the 

 south quay, and the old jetty or king's wharf. To the eastward of 

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

 which was long appropriated to the sale of vegetables, but has been 

 lately formed into a square, and is intended to be planted out with 

 trees. There is, also, at the north-end of the town, an open space 

 known as Belliard's orchard which has likewise been laid out as 

 a square. Westward of Brunswick-square, and between Aber- 

 crombie and St. Vincent-streets, stand the Government and Court- 

 houses two massive edifices on the same line, due north and 

 south, which, in point of architecture and solidity, are far from 

 being creditable to the architect, and which can never, by any 

 contrivance, be made an ornament to the town. The bonding 

 warehouse, lately erected on the south wharf, is a low building, but 

 has a very good appearance. The gaol, at the north end of the town, 

 between Clarence and Kent-streets, is a fine substantial building, 

 and well adapted to its object. It is divided into the following 

 sections : The criminal or felons' ward, the debtors' quarter, and 

 the lunatic asylum. These departments are conducted under ex- 

 cellent regulations, and the whole may be considered a model 

 prison, as regards cleanliness, discipline, and the comfort of the 

 prisoners. The market-house is, also, a well constructed building, 

 consisting of a pavilion, and a large iron shed, imported from 

 England. 



The two finest erections, however, in Port-of-Spain, are the 

 Roman Catholic cathedral, and Trinity church. The Catholic 

 cathedral stands at the eastern extremity of the Marine-square 

 promenade, at one of the angles of the town, and is consequently 

 very inconveniently situated ; but it is a large and substantially 

 built temple, in the form of a cross, with a nave and two aisles, 

 and two small towers in front ; the wood materials are of the best 

 country timber cedar, balata, purple-heart, &c. Trinity church 

 is a very neat edifice, built of stone and hard wood, with a fine 

 square tower to the north surmounted by a spire with a gilt cross ; 

 it has no aisles. It is situated to the south of Brunswick-square, in a 

 spacious area, inclosed within a handsome iron railing, and having 

 a broad pavement of slab-stones, leading from the grand western 

 entrance to the street. In addition to these two churches, there 

 are the following chapels or places of worship : St. Joseph and 



