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MEXICO, CENTEAL AMERICA, WEST INDIES. 



Columbus on the left bank of the Ozama, it was soon removed to the opposite side 

 of the river. Thanks to the neighbouring gold-mines it has always been the 

 political centre of the country, although its harbour, separated from the sea by 

 the bar of the Ozama, is accessible only to light craft. 



The city, which is still enclosed by the old Spanish ramparts, is dominated by 

 the domes and belfries of several churches, one of which, the cathedral, of imposing 

 aspect, claims like Havana to possess the remains of Colimibus. According to the 



Kg. 202. — Santo Domingo. 



Scale 1 : 28,000. 



Depths. 



to 10 



Feet. 



10 to 20 

 Feet. 



20 to 30 

 Feet. 



Site of the old fortifications. 

 ___^__^_ 1,100 Tards. 



30 Feet 

 and upwards. 



popular tradition, the body of Diego Columbus was by a "pious fraud " substituted 

 for that of Christopher at the time of the official translation in 1781. 



Numerous small towns, such as San Carlos, Rosario, Pajnrito, and San Lorenzo, 

 are dotted round about the capital, which is connected by rail with the mines and 

 plantations of the interior. Farther west the chief places are Bani and San Cris- 

 tobal. Eastwards stretches a region of forests and savannas, where are situated the 

 stations of Los Llanos, Eato Mayor, Santa Cruz del Seibo, and Salcaleon de Hhjuey. 



