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“...rock were used in its construction.
[ The conspicuous building supported on arches on the
left, or eastern side, of the harbour is the Hotel Wash-
ington. The low cupola at its western end is used as a
signal station.
In the garden of the hotel overlooking the harbour
stands a bronze statue of Columbus protecting an Indian
maiden, which was presented to Colombia by the
Empress Eugénie in 1866, and used to stand outside de
Lesseps’s house (see page 418).
An ornate column with medallions on a triangular base
bearing sculptured portraits of Aspinwall, Chauncey, and...”
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