. The Spanish-American republics . wild flowers orowino; on theledges of the cupola, which, in the dream of the founder, was destinedto shelter the remains of a South-American Napoleon. THE REPUBLIC OF PARAGUAY. 393 Of the several plazas of Asuncion, the most interesting is the PlazaIndependencia, neatly fenced in, planted with palm-trees, and adornedwith a column on which are commemorative inscriptions of the foun-dation of the country, the first cry of liberty, the declaration of inde-pendence, and the proclamation of the national Constitution: Fundacion del Paraguay, 15 de Agosto de 1536. P
. The Spanish-American republics . wild flowers orowino; on theledges of the cupola, which, in the dream of the founder, was destinedto shelter the remains of a South-American Napoleon. THE REPUBLIC OF PARAGUAY. 393 Of the several plazas of Asuncion, the most interesting is the PlazaIndependencia, neatly fenced in, planted with palm-trees, and adornedwith a column on which are commemorative inscriptions of the foun-dation of the country, the first cry of liberty, the declaration of inde-pendence, and the proclamation of the national Constitution: Fundacion del Paraguay, 15 de Agosto de 1536. Primer Grito de la Libertad, 14 de Mayo de 1811. Jura de la Independencia Nacional, 25 de Diciembre de 1842. Jura de la Constitucion Nacional, 25 de Noviembre de 1870. Around this plaza is much open space, cavalry barracks and in-fantry barracks, with a colonnade along the front, under which yousee the soldiers sitting with their women folk, some of them nursingtheir children, others drinking mate, and all smoking cigars, both men. and women alike. At sunsetthe military band plays in aninformal way, and in the dis-tance the lights are seen burn-ing in the Church of San\ Francisco, on the edge ofthe cliffs, below whichyou see the primitivesemi - Indian huts ofthe Chacarita quarter,and below that the vast landscape of the winding river, and the darkwoodland solitudes of the Chaco. For the artistic visitor the chief interest of Asuncion is the street PLAZA LIBERTAD, ASUNCION. 394 THE SPANISH-AMERICAN REPUBLICS. life, and particularly the central market, where almost all the types ofthe country may be seen. In the early morning the vast open spacein front of the market is thronged with donkeys, pack-mules, carts,teams of oxen, dogs, and peasants, who have come in from the countryto sell produce and buy provisions. The ox-carts are smaller and dif-
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