The cathedral--Regular attendance of its worshipers--Harsh tones of the church chime--Early mass--Cathedral finished in 1793--Material employed--Moorish belfry--Irreverent visitors--Religion of the natives a part of their existence--The bishop regarded as a vicegerent--Mistaken conclusions of outsiders--Peculiar frescoes representing death--Christmas Eve--Ceremonial conducted by Bishop Verot--Administration of the sacrament--Tolemato Cemetery--Its custodian--Murder of Father Corpa by the Indians--Chapel dedicated to Father Varela--Tablet-inscriptions erased by time--A medallion supposed to have been worn by Father Corpa, which was brought from Rome. CHAPTER XII.....183 Castle San Marco--Indestructibility of the material employed--Commenced in 1565--Completed by Montiano, 1756, with the aid of Mexican convicts--Attacked by Oglethorpe--Appearance in 1740--Improper change of names--Description of Fort Marion--Its resemblance to Scott's Garde Douloreuse--The chapel and its holy mysteries--Iron cages--Caving in of the bastion--No cages sent to the Smithsonian Institute--The wooden machine--The old sergeant--Human bones not unusual in other ruins--Spaniards branded with the cruelties of the Inquisition--True version of the iron cages from Señor B. Oliveros--No nation exempt from cruelties during some period of their history--The Western Indians retained as hostages in the fort. CHAPTER XIII.....198 The sea-wall--when commenced--Material employed--Boulevard of the city--City gates and vandal visitors--Tapoquoi village--Murder of Father Rodriguez--La Sylphide rose--Fine pulpit talent--Sabbath in January--The Presbyterian Church--Flowers from the gardens of Messrs. Alexander and Atwood--Gushing young men--Dr. Daniel F. March and his words of comfort--A description of the Episcopal church--A curious question about disputed grounds--Dr. Root, the clergyman--A peculiar man and his dog, that walked into the church from habit--St. Augustine a restorer to both health and reason--Public reading-room--Circulating library--What shall we eat?--Ships constantly coming in with supplies--Fresh vegetables--Oranges--Hotels and fine boarding-houses--Growlers--Gratuitous hospitality now obsolete--The most eligible houses--Summer resort--Pleasant people found by the sea. CHAPTER XIV.....214 How they spend their time in the ancient city--A slight departure into history--Different kinds of visitors--Grand opening of the Lunch-basket on the North Beach--Music and moonlight on the water--The Indian buffalo-hunt near the old fort--Dancing inside by the Indian prisoners--Preparation for a gala day, March, 1877--Post-band--Yacht-race--A jockey-race--The hurdle--A foot-race by the Indians--Wheelbarrow contest--Victor and greenbacks--Ham and money--The cat a musical animal--St. Augustine Hotel, where music is made from their sinews. CHAPTER XV.....224