GEOGRAPHY. 



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river Oauto ; and Cuba, from the Cauto to Cape 

 Maysi. 



The dividing line of the two bishoprics runs from 

 the mouth of Santa Maria Creek, on the south coast, 

 to Point Judas, opposite Cay Romano, on the north. 

 During the short time that the rule of the Spanish 

 constitution extended to Cuba, the ecclesiastical 

 division also served for that of the representative 

 districts of Havana and St. Jago. 



The diocess of Havana contains forty parishes, 

 and that of St. Jago twenty-two, which, having been 

 established at a time when the island contained only 

 cattle or grazing farms, are very large, and ill- 

 adapted to the wants of the present population. 1 



The most common and popular territorial divi- 

 sions, with the people of Havana, are the Vuelta de 

 Arriba and the Vuelta de Abajo, lying east and west 

 of the meridian of Havana. The first captain- 

 general of the island was Don Pedro Yaldez, 

 appointed in 1601. Sixteen governors had preceded 

 him, the first of whom was the famous Pobladov and 

 Conquistador, Diego Yelazques, a native of Cuellar, 

 in Spain, who was appointed by Diego Colon, at 

 that time admiral and governor of St. Domingo. 



1 Under the present ecclesiastical arrangement, the diocess of 

 Havana contains one hundred and sixteen, and that of St. Jago 

 forty-one parishes. 



