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and steps are cut into the cliff leading up to the castle. Marks show where it has been shelled. The Virginians crew, here met their death but, then, Hobson here also was released. The forts around on the shore below are quite deserted. The "Maria Theresa" a Spanish gun boat lies on her side on the bank in the mud embedded where she sunk. Two guns are noticeable and abandoned sailors clothing strewn on the deck side which is not under water. Here a pace in side the "Maria Theresa" lies our Merrimac she is submerged so that only the top of the Masts and smoke stack are visible. As we enter the bay we see banana tress and the Spanish Magnolia tree which bears a brilliant red blossom covering nearly all of the tree.