Our engraving represents a view of th e har bor of Havana, which is one of the most com modious in the world, communicating with the sea by a channel little more than half a mile in length, and from 300 to 350 yards wide; its depth varying from eight to ten fa thoms. The harbor itself is an oblong basin, surrounded by heights which usually shelter it from the wind. Havana is a place of considerable strength, and, besides the walls and ditches which surround it, the city is defended by six

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... holds, called the Moro, the Cobanas, No.4, the Atares, the Principie and the Putna. The first and last serve to protect the entrance of the harbor, the second is a sort of citadel, and the others are so placed as to cover the ap proaches by land. The line of fortifi cations embraces a sort of irregular polygon of an eliptical form, the greatest diameter of which is 2,100 yards, and the smallest 1,200 yards in extent. The entrance between the Mora and Putna, castles is about 1,500 yards long, and in its narrowest part 350 yards wide. In the ar senal of the Ha vana, there have been built 49 ships of the line, 22 fr igates, 7 packet ships, \) brigs of war, and 15 schooners of war. The town is built on the western side of the basin, near the channel, on a kind of promon tory. The suburbs, or ban'ios esta rnuros, cover more ground and contain a larger popu lation than the city itself, and yet they are so