. Sport, travel and adventure in Newfoundland and the West Indies [microform]. Fisheries; Hunting; Pêche commerciale; Chasse. >.: JACMEL. 339 the oldest l*oluml)us. md likely viiigs pre- ^'liose por- 3 house is the creat. ored in n preservetl. mating near )ii the out- diver plate lono; reason great man at least part of them, for the Spaniards claim to have already got his remains at Havana, having abstracted them from this very church. It is said, however, that they have been imposed on. Meantime each party regards the other as an impostor. From very careful inquiries, I gathered that these
. Sport, travel and adventure in Newfoundland and the West Indies [microform]. Fisheries; Hunting; Pêche commerciale; Chasse. >.: JACMEL. 339 the oldest l*oluml)us. md likely viiigs pre- ^'liose por- 3 house is the creat. ored in n preservetl. mating near )ii the out- diver plate lono; reason great man at least part of them, for the Spaniards claim to have already got his remains at Havana, having abstracted them from this very church. It is said, however, that they have been imposed on. Meantime each party regards the other as an impostor. From very careful inquiries, I gathered that these parties liave got between them three or four tons of bones belonging to Columbus, including at least three of his skulls. One of his skeletons is also preserved at Genoa. Leaving San Domingo on the 24tli January, we once more crossed the boundary and entered Haitien w\aters at Jacmel. Interesting as were all these places, I consider Jacmel to bear the palm as the most interesting of them all. It is rather a handsome-lookin2; town from the sea, and boasts some fortifications. Observino; these, I sent ashore to ask if a salute would l)e returned if we fired one. I was told they would certainly do so if we would lend them the powder, as theirs liad all been expended in tiring minute-guns for departed generals. So we lent them the pow^der, and at tlie same time lins of tlie | borrowed a Haitien flag wdierewnth to salute. 'Ml fi H'l. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Kennedy, W. R. (William Robert), Sir, 1838-1916. Edinburgh; London : W. Blackwood
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