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Having some time at our disposal we visited the public garden at the east side of town & were charmed and surprised at the normality of the place. 

Crossing the low ground to reach the knoll on which stands the city in a large aqueduct supported on massive stone arches, the work of many years ago in the good old days of peon labor.  The same effect at a hithe of the east could be had now by means of iron pipe laid underground, but by this would be lost a picturesque & striking monument. 

The main "garden" is a beautiful piece of wild woodland in almost a state of nature, level & overgrown with various trees, & some smaller growths traversed by footpaths which are neglected enough so that one almost forgets he is on the border of a city within a few minutes walk of its center. 

Passing back under the aqueduct we came to a small square with