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TRINIDAD : THEN AND NOW. 



along the present site of Park Street, to Pembroke 

 Street, across Brunswick Square and down Chacon 

 Street to the sea, which flowed at the front of the 

 present site of King Street. So that the tow r n occu- 

 pied a triangular slip of land, bounded by the Laven- 

 tille Hills on the East, the St. Ann's River on the 

 West and the sea on the South. Governor Chacon, in 

 order to allow" of the extension of the town on the 

 North and West, dug a Channel, from about the site 

 of the l'Hospiee, southward to the sea, and diverted 

 the St. Ann's River into it, which is the present 

 course of the Dry River. The old river bed was 

 gradually filled up and the town extended over it. 



"At the time of the capitulation, the sea came up 

 to the present site of King Street, except at the foot 

 of Charlotte Street, where the R. C. Cathedral now 

 stands and where the Government buildings and the 

 Barracks stood. The church was a wooden building 

 covered with shingles, situated on the present site of 

 Columbus Square and the burial ground was near it. 

 The market was held on the vacant space to the East 

 of the Eastern Market ; there was no building, but 

 each person erected his own little hut to sell in. 

 Prom the end of Frederick Street, a mole of 700 feet 

 long by 30 feet wide, extended into the sea, with a 

 landing at the end 50 by 30 feet in dimension. The 

 present Broad Way and its extension to the light- 

 house, shows the position of the mole. For its pro- 

 tection, a battery was erected in the sea, of a half 

 moon shape, connected by a drawbridge ; the battery 

 still exists, in front of the News Room. ? ' 



