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- Within a small enclosure not far from the landing, “the 
. . forefather of the hamlet sleeps." Upon a marble f 
stone may be seen the name of a 
DOMINGO FERNAND i 
NATIVE OF VIGO IN ia. SPAIN. 
. BORN THE FOURTH DAY OF AUGUST, 1766. 
AND DIED THE THIRD DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1833. 
IN THE SIXTY-SEVENTH YEAR OF HIS A 
Señor Fernandez, it is presumed, never found the fabled 
fountain, or, drinking of its waters they were powerless to 
avert the inevitable doom of man. The morning was pleas- 
ant; the sun shone brightly ; it lighted up the cross and gave 
roundness to the skull and bones that are carved above his 
name. From an oak near by the Spanish moss hung droop- 
ing midway to the ground, casting a filmy shadow, and : 
hiding a choir of mocking-birds,* who filled the air with 
music. 
` Leaving the grave of Fernandez and following the streets, 
a careful peny in the loose sand of which they are com- : 
posed will disclose fragments of pottery of the size of à 
penny, perhaps a part of the debris of some aboriginal tribe 
once camped hereabout, the souvenirs of a race, of whose 
history how little is known!f Farther on is an ancient 
mound of large size, nearly three hundred yards in circum- 
ference. Ündisturbed ten years ago its surface was as the 
builders left it, but its slopes and summit were so changed, 
through the military purposes for which it was used during 
the recent civil war, that its original proportions are de- 
'*  stroyed, and its former outline ville. 






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* Minus us polyglottus is quite common here; many persons are not aware that this 
bird has a song of its own, which is very musical and sweet; the popular idea &een* 
to be that its notes are exclusively imitative. In and around F Fernandina may fie a 
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