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between the hospital of Scanta Paula and the theatre, and the 
other between tlic CastiUo do la P.mta and the Piierta de la 
iluitilla.j calJecl tlio Pasco extra iiuiros; the latter is dclici- 
ously cool, and is frequented by carriages after sunset. It 
was begun by the Mai'quis de la Torre, governor of the 
island, who gave the first impulse to tlie improvement of tlie 
police and the municipal government. Dou Luis de las 
Casas, and tlie Count de Santa Clara, enlarged the plauta- 
tions. _ IS ear the Oampo de Martc is the Potauical Garden, 
which IS well worthy to fix the attention of the governiiient ; 
and another jilace fitted to excite at once iiity and indig- 
nation,— the barracoon, in front of which the wretched slaves 
are exposed for sale. A marble statue of Charles III. has 
been erected, since my return to Europe, in the extra muros 
walk. Ihis spot was at first destined for a monument to 
Christopher Columbus, whose ashes, after the cession of the 
Spanish iwrt of St. Domingo, wore brought to the island of 
Luba The s.ame year the ashes of Eernando Cortez were 
transferred in Mexico from one church to another : thus, 
at the close of the eighteenth century, the remains of the 
two greatest nien who promoted the" conquest of America 
were interred m new sepulchres. 
_ The most majestic palm-tree of its tribe, the palma real, 
imparts a peculiar character to the landscape in the vicinity 
ot the Ilavannah ; it is the Oreodoxa regia of onr description 
of American palm-trees. Its tall trunk, slightly sivelled 
towards the middle, grows to the heiglit of 60 or 80 feet ; 
the upper part is glossy, of a delicate green, newly formed by 
* Columbus lies buried in the cathedral of the Ilavannab, close to the 
wall near the high altar. On the tomb is the following inscription : 
O restos y Imagen del grande Colon ; 
Mil siglos duran guardados en la Urna, 
Y eu remenibranfa de nuestra Nacion/' 
I 
Oh relics and image of the great Colon (Columbua) 
A thousand ages aie encompassed in thy Urn 
And in the memory of our Nation.” 
His remains were first deposited at Valladolid, and thence were removed 
to Sevil e. In lo36, the bodies of Columbus and of his son Diego 
(hi Ade antado) were carried to St. Domingo, and there interred in tha 
cathedral ; but they were afterwards removed to the place where they now 
rtpose. ^ 
