. The Spanish-American republics . numera-ble niches, each with its marble tablet recording the names of those whose remains are depositedinside. The coffins are wound up to the mouth of these mural cellulesby means of a portable lift and ladder combined, and the whole surfaceof the walls is hung with wreaths of fresh flowers or of beads, which stand out in strong relief against the whitemarble facings. Each section of the ceme-tery is carefully laid out, fenced in with ironrailings, and full of tombs and monumentsof great price and pretensions, due to thechisels of the sculptors of Rome and M
. The Spanish-American republics . numera-ble niches, each with its marble tablet recording the names of those whose remains are depositedinside. The coffins are wound up to the mouth of these mural cellulesby means of a portable lift and ladder combined, and the whole surfaceof the walls is hung with wreaths of fresh flowers or of beads, which stand out in strong relief against the whitemarble facings. Each section of the ceme-tery is carefully laid out, fenced in with ironrailings, and full of tombs and monumentsof great price and pretensions, due to thechisels of the sculptors of Rome and vegetation in the cemetery is mostvaried, and, besides the funereal cypress,there are flowering shrubs of many kinds,and on almost every grave wreaths of freshflowers, constantly renewed, that fill the airwith their perfume. The pious luxury dis-played in this Campo Santo is del Molino is the fashionable res-idential suburb of Montevideo, distantfrom the town about three - quarters of an hour by tram - way. PALACTO MUNICIPAL. 428 THE SPANISH-AMERICAN REPUBLICS. along finely-paved and broad avenues that skirt the bay. Thewhole suburb is occupied with villas surrounded by gardens richlystocked with trees and flowers. The villas, or quintas, as they arecalled, are in many cases most fantastic and curious, and the styles ofarchitecture vary from florid Gothic to Moorish and even results obtained are costly and often comic. One is impressed bythe effort made and by the wealth of the owners of these quintas, but at the same iseager to escape out ofsight of these monu-ments of architecturaland parvenu folly. Onessoul has no joy in mostof them. Not far by tram-wayfrom the Paso del Moli-on, but unfortunately ata distance of more thana league from the city,is a public garden andpromenade belonging tothe municipality, called El Prado. This beau-tiful park is traversedby a stream lined withwillows and other trees;the entrance avenue isplanted w
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