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“...its work than, drawing the other
from its resting-place, his lordship turned to the second lieutenant
of the Perdrix, and, pointing it at him, asked if he would obey
his orders or meet the same punishment as Mr. Peterson. Life
is sweet I The second in command saw his friend stretched at his
feet, with the red blood gurgling round him, and, fearing the same
fate, he obeyed Lord Camelford and took the watch. Lord Camel-
ford was tried by court-martial but honourably acquitted, only to
fall in a duel by the hands of Captain Best, a native of Barbados.
To the right of the mouth of the harbour are the
Shirley Heights, once strongly fortified, and to the left of
it Middle Ground, on a peninsula, and Dow’s Hill, where
the General officer commanding the troops resided. It
was fortified in 1791, and the Governor’s country
residence was for many years there. To the east of
Shirley Heights is the Ridge, which was abandoned when
the last regiment left in 1855. The walls of large
buildings remain; some...”
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“...356 POCKET GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES :
Cubans, and many families were consequently divided among
themselves. In 1871 a certain Gonzalo Castaflon, in an ultra-
Spanish paper which he edited called The Voice of Cuba, mad»
an attack on Cuban women, and was accordingly challenged
by a patriot to fight a duel at Key West. The challenge having
beenaccepted, the fight took place and the Spaniard was killed*5
His body was brought to Havana and buried with much cere-
mony m one of the niches in the cemetery behind San Lazaro
hospital. Some little time later, a party of students from
Havana University were alleged to have spoken disrespectfully
of Castaflon and to have desecrated his tomb. This enraged
the Spanish Volunteers, who demanded vengeance. It being
impossible to ascertain which of the students were guilty an
entire class consisting of forty young men was arrested and tried
by court martial. So great was the outcry that no lawyer
could be found to defend their case, until a Spanish officer...”
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