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B , and I were out for a long walk this afternoon. They left me at my door just as Mrs. L and Mrs. T drove up in the latter's victoria. Both ladies were much excited by the news that a parao had landed at the playa with one dead man and a case of cholera still living. The other people of the parao had scattered before the health officers got hold of the matter. September 9.
It is on the southern side of the island. Ponce is the largest city in Puerto Rico, having a population of over thirty-seven thousand people. The main part is built on a plain about three miles from the seashore. A fine road connects it with Playa, the port, where are found a good harbor, large wharves and the more important government offices.
The Spanish sloop Domingo Aurello was captured by the U. S. S. Maple as the former was leaving the port of Sagua de Tanamo, province of Santiago, with a cargo of tobacco. July 22. “PLAYA, July 22. “Expedition to Nipe has been entirely successful, although the mines have not been removed for want of time.
The cause of this disparity cannot be the same as with the crocodiles, which fight in the coupling season. Our pilot had anchored at the Playa de huevos, to purchase some provisions, our store having begun to run short. We found there fresh meat, Angostura rice, and even biscuit made of wheat-flour. Our Indians filled the boat with little live turtles, and eggs dried in the sun, for their own use.
The Parisians crossed the Marne, and fought the Prussians so desperately that in two days they had lost more men than in the battles at Gravelotte. By the end of November cannon had been cast in the beleaguered city, paid for, not by the Government, but by individual subscription. These guns were subsequently to playa tragic part in the history of the city.
General SHAFTER, Playa, Cuba: Telegram which it appears you did not receive read as follows: The President directs me to say you have the gratitude and thanks of the nation for the brilliant and effective work of your noble army in the fight of July 1. The sturdy valor and heroism of officers and men fill the American people with pride. The country mourns the brave men who fell in battle.
The governor's house, or the palace, is a large and spacious building within the walls, and forms one side of the Playa, the other three being formed by the cathedral, the Cabildo, and some private houses, whose irregular height detracts considerably from the appearance of the square. In the centre of the square stands a statue of I forget what King of Spain, well executed in bronze.
In the Black Rock desert of Nevada a playa lake spreads over an area fifty miles long and twenty miles wide. In summer it disappears; the Quinn River, which feeds it, shrinks back one hundred miles toward its source, leaving an absolutely barren floor of clay, level as the sea.
I will also playa few airs to you." Melissa then plucked up courage and said, decidedly: "No, my lord; I am about to bid you farewell for to-day." "That sounds very determined," he answered, half surprised and half amused. "But may I be allowed to know what has made you decide on this step?" "There is a great deal of work waiting for you," she replied, quietly.
In the afternoon the General anchored with the rest of the fleet before the Playa, coming himself ashore, willing us to burn the town and make all haste aboard; the which was done by six of the clock the same day, and ourselves embarked again the same night. And so we put off to sea south-west.
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