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haps fled in terror, or been driven by the sword, had 

 been the refuge and abode of man. In the holes 

 of the archway were poles for the support of ham- 

 mocks, and at each end were swinging shelves made 

 of twigs and rods. When the cholera swept hke a 

 scourge over this isolated country, the inhabitants of 

 the villages and ranchos fled for safety to the mount- 

 ains and the wilderness. This desolate building 

 was repeopled, this lofty chamber was the abode of 

 some scared and stricken family, and here, amid 

 hardships and privations, they waited till the angel 

 of death passed by. 



The engraving which follows represents the 

 ground-plan of the lower range. It consists of ran- 



ges of narrow apartments on all four of the sides, 

 opening outward, and the reader will see that it has 

 fitness, and uniformity of design and proportion. 

 The grand staircase, forty feet wide, is indicated in 

 the engraving. The interior, represented in blank, 



