Around and about South America . of the cathedral, with its tile-covered cupola, held the center of the view, rising high abovethe surrounding buildings. To the right was another veryprominent object, the huge walls and cylindrical roof of theopera-house. Then there were pineapple-shaped spires, andthe tops of many dwellings bore curious little square belve-deres. Colors, too, were not wanting. The green of thetowers and domes, the yellow and red of the houses, the darkbrown of the warehouses, and the white of the shipping nearthe shore, furnished a glittering abundance. To the extremeright we
Around and about South America . of the cathedral, with its tile-covered cupola, held the center of the view, rising high abovethe surrounding buildings. To the right was another veryprominent object, the huge walls and cylindrical roof of theopera-house. Then there were pineapple-shaped spires, andthe tops of many dwellings bore curious little square belve-deres. Colors, too, were not wanting. The green of thetowers and domes, the yellow and red of the houses, the darkbrown of the warehouses, and the white of the shipping nearthe shore, furnished a glittering abundance. To the extremeright were a fringe of trees and a slope of very green grassextending away off to the point where rose the tall gray stee-ple of a lighthouse. The situation of Montevideo, therefore,as it inclines gently back from the water, with the brightmorning sun lighting up its various tints, and glancing fromthe tiled domes and tower-tops, makes altogether a very at-tractive picture. In general position and aspect it remindedme of MONTEVIDEO—THE ATTRACTIVE. 145 At our foremast fluttered the Uruguay flag—blue audwhite alternate stripes, with a gilded sun in the upper cor-ner nearest the flag-staff, where the stars are in the Ameri-can banner. I enter a small steam-tender and with my bag-gage start for the inner harbor, the custom-house, and theHotel des Pyramides. On the way we pass a dozen men-of-war and small gunboats of various nationalities—English,French, Brazilian, Spanish, and Portuguese. Beyond these,and anchored in a sort of bight, are several hundred smalltrading-boats from up the rivers Parana, Paraguay, and Uru-guay. A great fleet of lighters is also to be seen. The cus-tom-houses are enormous three-story structures, occupyingseveral blocks. I find the officials very courteous, and with-out delay hire some porters to carry my baggage, and followthem on foot to my hotel. Notwithstanding it is Sunday, all the retail shops areopen, though comparatively few people a
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