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“...and 1777 £933,916 4s. n\d. was spent on 1 them. The walls were demolished between 1863 and I 1880, and only fragments remain at the head of Teniente I Street and behind the Church of the Angel. From Central Park, Pi-y-Margall (the name is that of j a Cuban Patriot), or Obispo (Bishop), and O’Reilly streets I run parallel in a north-easterly direction to the old I President’s Palace in the Plaza de Armas, a substantial j building erected in 1834. These two streets, which are very narrow but extremely ' picturesque with their tinted awnings and quaint signs, form the chief shopping centre of Havana. O’Reilly Street owes its title to the Spanish General of that name, who entered the city ] by it while the English left by Obispo Street when I Havana was restored to Spain in 1763. The Plaza de Armas is a centre of interest; to the north of it is La Fuerza, said to be the oldest fortress in I the New World. It was erected by Hernando de Soto in 1519. The story goes that when that worthy set sail...”
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“...Middlesex, a distance of 25 miles. The roads are not at present suitable for wheeled traffic except in the immediate vicinity of towns, and between El Cayo and Benque Viejo. 1 There is a canal between Sibfin Bight and Manatee which is suitable for light draft boats only. Belize has a good local telephone service, and trunk lines connect the capital with Stann Creek, Punta Gorda, El Cayo, Benque Viejo, Corosal, and Orange Walk. A cable laid under the Rio Hondo connects British Honduras with Payo Obispo, Mexico, and a wireless station is established at Belize. SPORTS. Lawn tennis is played on concrete courts of the polo and golf clubs, and there are also several private courts. Cricket is played from May to October, and there are several native cricket and Football clubs. The Belize Golf Club, which was established in 1900, has a 9-hole course, subscription $1.26 (5s. 3d.) per month and $10.00 [£2 is. 8d.) entrance fee. Polo is played about three days a fortnight from October to March, by the...”
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“...THE PANAMA CANAL 417 24 miles until the backbone of the Isthmus is reached at Bas Obispo. Here they pass through an immense cutting—the famous Gaülard or Culebra Cut—on emerging from which they descend to the Pacific by three locks, one at Pedro Miguel and two at Miraflores. Many people imagine that the Canal runs east and west. This is not the case. From Colon it runs due south as far as Gatun, and thence in a south-easterly direction. Not a little surprise is experienced by some visitors to Panama, when they see the sun rise from the Pacific Ocean. The total length of the Canal from deep water in the Atlantic to deep water in the Pacific is 50J miles, or from coast to coast 42 miles. Below is a comparison between the Panama and Suez Canals : Length (miles) Depth (feet) . Least bottom width (feet) Excavation (cubic yards) Cost . . Panama. 5°i 41 300 25i.°4L5°4 $368,543,000 SUBZ. 104 36 • 147 80,000,ooo1 fcs.761,522,220 (to date) The normal variation between high and low tide on the Atlantic...”
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“...acquired the title to all land within the Zone. Only people connected with the operation and protection of the Canal live in the Zone. At Gatun the line leaves the Canal and turns east along Gatun Ridge, and then south again, crossing the Gatun valley by several embankments and a steel girder bridge with a movable span, to Monte Lirio (1448 miles), after which it skirts the east shore of the Gatun Lake past Frijoles (20.92 miles) and Caimito (26.13 miles) to the Gaillard Cut, which begins at Bas Obispo....”
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“...426 POCKET GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES hillside by hydraulic washing proceeds by night as well as day. Leaving the Canal at Bas Obispo, the railway cuts ; through a ridge of solid rock behind Gold Hill, and even- j tually runs down the Pedro Miguel Valley to Paraiso. Here is the Pedro Miguel (popularly known as “ Peter ' McGill ”) Lock, similar in construction to those at Gatun, I which lowers vessels 30J feet to the Miraflores Lake, i This lake is formed by dams connecting the walls of the J Miraflores Locks with the high ground on either side, j The dam to the west is of earth, and is about 2,700 feet long, with a crest 15 feet above the level of the lake, while j that to the east is formed of concrete (about 75,000 cubic yards) and is about 500 feet long. The Miraflores locks, two in number (and both duplicated), lower vessels 54§ feet to the level of the Pacific. At night the locks j are brilliantly illuminated, and pilots are informed I which of them the vessels under their charge are...”
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“...198, 210-13, 230 Climate, 211 Communications, 211 History and Constitution, 211 Industries, 211 Sport, 212 Barbuda Island Company, 211 Barclays Bank (Dominion Colonial, and Overseas), 19, rig, 159, 172,185, 202, 218, 261 Barfleur, H.M.S., 244, 277 Barima River, 370, 374, 384 Barra-Carra, 382, 383 Barracouta fishing, 117 Barranquilla, 397, 398, 406 Barrett, Lucas, geologist, 269 Barrington, Admiral Sir Sam- uel, 175, 201 Barrouallie, 194, 196 Barrow, Lieut. C. M., 209 Bartica, 373, 382, 383 Bas Obispo, 417, 424, 426 Basseterre, St. Kitts,214,217-9 Basse Terre, Guadeloupe, 299, 300, 301 Bassin. See Christiansted Bassinville, 235, 243 Bastidas, Rodrigo, 405, 417 Bastien, Dr., 285 Batabano, 341, 358 Bath, Barbados, 75, 91 Bath, Jamaica, 255, 283, 291 Bath House, Nevis, 227-8 Bathsheba, 75, 93 Battleof theSaints(i782), 244, 277. 305 Battowia, 182 Bauxite, 370 Bayamo, 339 Bayly, Zachary, 269 " Bay-men," the, 390 Bay-rum, 314, 317, 323 Beaver and Fury, H.M. sloops, 326 Beckford, Governor Peter,...”