What I saw on the west coast of South and North America, and at the Hawaiian Islands.: By H. Willis Baxley, M.D.

HOSPITALS.
tended for Santiago was sent to Mlexico, and that for the palace
at Mlexico was sent to Santiago. Before the error was detected
they were commenced according to the plans received, and were
so completed-the palace here at a cost of $900,000. The fa,,ade is of light granite, the order Doric, two stories in height,
except at the centre, where the main entrance is, and whlere it
rises to three stories, surmounted by a dome. Between the altorelievo pilasters the iron-grated windows give to thie edifice the
appearance of a prison, which is increased by the armed sentinels at the doorway, at the corners of the street leading to it,
and at the military barracks opposite. On entering the portal,
a guard-room is found on the left, facing the quarters of the officeer of the day on the right. Just beyond the former is a broad
stone staircase, over the arched entrance of which is an inscription announeing to the visitor that it leads to the dwelling of
Hiis Excellency the President. A corresponding stairway on
the right is inscribed with the notice that above will be found
the department of the Minister of the Interior and of Foreign
Pelations. Ascending this latter stairway and passing through
a vestibule, a balcony is reached surrounding a courtyard about
fifty feet square, with a little murmuring fountain in the centre,
emblematic perhaps of the stream of complaints flowing to the
office of his excellency the Minister. From the astute mind
and philosophic character of this statesman, it is probable that
the latter disturbs his equanimity as little as the former. From
the balcony access is also had to the offices of other members of
the Executive Cabinet, to wit: to those of the Minister of Justice and Public Worship, the {inister of War and Mlarine, and
the MIinister of the Treasury, whose respective clerks are also
accommodated in this building.
Occupying a considerable part of the palace will likewise
be found the National Iint, the coinage of whichl is very creditably executed.
Of course hospitals have not been overlooked by a medical
rambler. Of these, the -o,pita(l of Sa) Jtta2 de I)ios now
used exclusively for men, is the most remarkable, firom its
antiquity, extent, position, administration, and general usefulness. It is situated at the east end of the Cafiada, on its south
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