[16] For an excellent view of the tablet over the entrance to the fort, on which is sculptured the Spanish coat of arms and the above inscription, see Souvenir Album of Views in St. Augustine. [17] Fairbanks’ History and Antiquities, p. 157. [18] For several views of the old fort, see Souvenir Album of Views in St. Augustine. [19] History of the Three Provinces, by Wm. Gerard de Brahm, His Majesty’s Survr. Gen. for the Southern District of North America, from 1751 to 1771. A manuscript work purchased in London, in 1848, for Harvard College library, for £12 10s. The portion relating to Florida comprises 173 pages with 14 maps. [20] Spanish bayonet (Yucca Gloriosa). It bears a pyramid of white flowers, and, as also the prickly pear, by its appearance suggests the rural scenery of the tropics. [21] I have been unable to find any record of the time or manner in which any German colony settled in St. Augustine. [22] Romans’s History of Florida, New York, 1775. [23] Romans’s History of Florida. [24] Romans’s History of Florida. [25] A very good view of this old structure is published in the Souvenir Album of Views in St. Augustine. [26] Romans’s History of Florida, N. Y., 1775. [27] Williams’ Florida, page 190, A.D. 1837. [28] Forbes’ Sketches, etc., N. Y., 1821. [29] See Souvenir Album of Views in St. Augustine. [30] A fine view of the cathedral, showing the four bells in the tower, and the ornamental front, is given in the Souvenir Album of Views in St. Augustine. [31] Maza, engraver’s mistake. [32] Forbes’s Sketches, pp. 85 to 89. [33] From inquiry of the old inhabitants I do not find this statement confirmed. Perhaps the richer class of people made no use of the ground floors, but the general custom was to use them as is still done. [34] Vignole’s History. [35] Sprague’s History of the Seminole War. [36] The finding of any bones is denied by Major H. W. Benham, U. S. A., on the authority of a Mr. Ridgely, Lieutenant Tuttle’s overseer. Major Benham took charge of the work upon the fort in January, 1839. [37] Williams’s History, page 18. [38] Williams’s History, pp. 115 et seq. [39] Fairbanks’s History, p. 197. [40] Forbes’s Sketches. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The History of Saint Augustine, Florida, by William W. Dewhurst