Back of these baskets the rider sits.
It is the custom of travellers on horseback to carry a basket handled sword a yard and a quarter long, more as an ornament than as a means of defense.
The observance of birthdays is an island fashion that is followed by every one.
A Governor, appointed by the Crown, manages affairs.

His palace is at San Juan, the capital, a town that has 24,000 inhabitants.
Upon the Rio Grande are prehistoric monuments that have attracted the attention of archaeologists.
Following the Spanish custom, men are imprisoned for debt.
In the towns houses are built with flat roofs, both to catch water and to afford the family a small roof garden.
All planters have town houses where they bring their families during the carnival season.
San Juan is filled with adventurers, gamblers, speculators and fugitives from justice .-- New York World..