The pocket guide to the West Indies, British Guiana, British Honduras, the Bermudas, the Spanish Main, and the Panama canal . sTii»«ff«. ^y^d ? Him a. b6% ^\. CO CUBA 389 by birth, was publicly garrotted at the foot of thePrado. A steam of just under a mile past the Morro and Cabanasbrings the steamer into the spacious harbour of Havana,the extreme length of which is about 3 miles, and the maxi-mum breadth i£ miles. The harbour once had the reputa-tion of being one of the filthiest in the world. For nearlythree centuries it received the sewage and refuse of the citywhich, in the absence of any
The pocket guide to the West Indies, British Guiana, British Honduras, the Bermudas, the Spanish Main, and the Panama canal . sTii»«ff«. ^y^d ? Him a. b6% ^\. CO CUBA 389 by birth, was publicly garrotted at the foot of thePrado. A steam of just under a mile past the Morro and Cabanasbrings the steamer into the spacious harbour of Havana,the extreme length of which is about 3 miles, and the maxi-mum breadth i£ miles. The harbour once had the reputa-tion of being one of the filthiest in the world. For nearlythree centuries it received the sewage and refuse of the citywhich, in the absence of any streams or rivers to carry themout to sea, accumulated to such an extent as to prove aserious menace to health. So foul indeed was the mud thatcaptains of vessels preferred to make fast to buoys insteadof dropping their anchors into it. In recent years, however,some improvement has been effected by dredging, and theprovision of a sewerage system and the adoption of sanitaryimprovements have rendered Havana quite healthy. Itwas in this harbour that the Spanish treasure fleets knownas the Galleons and the Flota used to collect before theirdeparture for
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