. The Spanish-American republics . builtof mud and cane, withbark roofs ; a few only areof brick, with tile roofs,and still fewer have morethan one room, one door,and one small window,shaded in front by a ve-randa supported on palm-tree pillars. In the town,too, the old houses allhave verandas or long col-onnades in front that cov-er the sidewalk, and offerprotection from the tropi-cal sun. The more mod-ern houses, on the otherhand, have no verandas;they are like those ofBuenos Ayres, and theirfacades are over-ornamented with stucco and elaborate iron gratings. The cemetery of La Recoleta is n
. The Spanish-American republics . builtof mud and cane, withbark roofs ; a few only areof brick, with tile roofs,and still fewer have morethan one room, one door,and one small window,shaded in front by a ve-randa supported on palm-tree pillars. In the town,too, the old houses allhave verandas or long col-onnades in front that cov-er the sidewalk, and offerprotection from the tropi-cal sun. The more mod-ern houses, on the otherhand, have no verandas;they are like those ofBuenos Ayres, and theirfacades are over-ornamented with stucco and elaborate iron gratings. The cemetery of La Recoleta is neatly kept, some of the tombsare elaborate specimens of the Italian stucco-workers art, adornedwith natural flowers and wreaths of beads threaded on wire, after theFrench fashion, but most of them are simple black wooden crossesdraped with bands or scarfs of white linen embroidered at the front of each cross are placed two common tin lanterns surmountedbv a little tin cross with candles burnino: inside. While I was wander-. COTTAGE IN ASUNCION.
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