[Works] . Cbapter OT. FOUNDING OP THB city OF ISABEI<I,A—MALADIESOF THE SPANIARDS. [I493-] THE misfortunes of the Spaniards bothby sea and land, in the vicinity of thisharbor, threw a gloom round the neigh-borhood. The ruins of the fortress andthe graves of their murdered countrymen werecontinually before their eyes, and the forestsno longer looked beautiful while there was anidea that treachery might be lurking in theirshades. The silence and dreariness, also,cauised by the desertion of the natives, gave asinister appearance to the place. It began tobe considered by the credulous mariners
[Works] . Cbapter OT. FOUNDING OP THB city OF ISABEI<I,A—MALADIESOF THE SPANIARDS. [I493-] THE misfortunes of the Spaniards bothby sea and land, in the vicinity of thisharbor, threw a gloom round the neigh-borhood. The ruins of the fortress andthe graves of their murdered countrymen werecontinually before their eyes, and the forestsno longer looked beautiful while there was anidea that treachery might be lurking in theirshades. The silence and dreariness, also,cauised by the desertion of the natives, gave asinister appearance to the place. It began tobe considered by the credulous mariners asunder some baneful influence or malignantstar. These were sufiScient objections to dis-courage the founding of a settlement, but therewere others of a more solid nature. The landin the vicinity was low, moist, and unhealthy,go Cbristopber Columbus. 91 and there was no stone for building; Colum-bus determined, therefore to abandon the placealtogether, and found his projected colony insome more favorable
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