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of ail the other cities and villages in Ciiiii, arc straight and 

 intersected at ri'jht angles, and are thirty-six geometrical feet 

 iu breadth. The great square is four hundred and fifty 

 feet on each side. In the midst is a handsome fountain 

 *4' bronze. Tha north side is occupied by the palaces of 

 the presidents of the audience and of the city, beneath 

 whicii are the public prisons. On the opposite side is the 

 palace of ihc Count dc Sierra-bella. On the western are the 

 caihe.iral and the palace of the arclibishop, and on the east-< 

 ern ihree houses beloi.ging to nobieriien. The most remark- 

 abk; edifices are the cathedral, the church of St. Dominiek, 

 and tliut of the great college fonnerly belonging to the 

 Jesuits. The pri'.ate h(>u>es are handsome and pleasant; but, 

 oa account of cariijquakes, are usuallj of but one story 

 ]B> <i'ic'-. the su^fuibs on the otlit-r side of the liver, there is one 

 t tiie souiii, talied St. Isidore ; it is very large, and separated 

 from the cit) by a street four times as broad as the others, 

 cai'ed Car.nada. In tiie eastern part of tlie city is a hill, 

 culleu St. Lucia, which formerly served as a forties") against 

 tliC (ii'iiaii-. The iniiabitants amount to forty-six thousand^ 

 ar-.d their inimbers increase raj)idiY, in consequence of the 

 greai commerce of the place, which is \ery extensive in pro- 

 Vi'.'tt to its pojiulatioii, as the houses are in general very coni- 

 ijiodious. The parochial cht;rclie'^ are but four, the cathedral, 

 St. i\una, St. Isidore, and Kenca, Tliere are, huMcvcr, several 

 convents of nuniks, two Dominica.n, four Franciscan, two Au- 

 gustiii, twoof the Meicedarii, and one belonging to tlie Brotiiers 

 of Ciiaritv with an hospital, besides seven nuimeries, a house 

 of correction for won.en, a foundlini; hospital, several private 

 endowments, a college of nobility, which was under the direc- 

 liwn of the Jes\iiis, and a Trideniine seminary. Tlie Jesuits 

 hud likewise here a house of devotion, and three colleges 

 with public schools, wherein were taught the various branches 

 of learning. St .higo also contains a rojal university, a mml 

 for coining goh! and silver, and barracks for the soldiers, wIm 



