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occupied by various mercantile establishments, 

 built without any pretensions to architectural beauty, 

 unless we except the English Pharmacy at the 

 corner of Prince Street. 



And last, though by no means least, on the 

 western side stands a beautiful block of buildings 

 called " The Red House," in which are located the 

 principal government offices, including those of the 

 Governor, Colonial Secretary, Council Chamber — a 

 very handsome hall — the Court Houses, Judges' 

 Chambers, and various offices connected with the 

 administration of the law, and many other import- 

 ant offices, as the advertisements say, " too numer- 

 ous to mention. ' ' 



There were, and still are, two other large open- 

 spaces within the town proper, — not including Vic- 

 toria Square which is but of recent date, and will be 

 alluded to in its proper place, — which were till re- 

 cently neglected, and now, in conjunction with 

 Brunswick Square, do not receive the attention they 

 require and deserve. 



Of these I shall deal first with ' 1 Marine Square. ' 1 

 Why ' ' square, " it is difficult to say ; unless it struck 

 the namer that it was neither round nor oval, or, 

 perhaps his knowledge limited him to the word 

 " square " or " round." It is, however, an oblong, 

 or rather a series of oblongs, about a quarter of a 

 mile long by thirty yards wide, intersected by eight 

 streets running parallel ; with a fine broad foot- 

 way, recently laid in concrete, and a number of 

 smaller ones, radiating in each of the seven oblongs 



