Chapter III: Preface: vii

I. THE ISLAND OF CUBA 1

II. THE HISTORY OF CUBA 22

III. THE HISTORY OF CUBA (_Continued_) 43

IV. CUBA IN TRANSITION 63

V. THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTRY 83

VI. THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTRY (_Continued_) 102

VII. THE CONDITION OF CUBA 120

VIII. THE FUTURE OF CUBA 147

IX. CUBA’S SUGAR INDUSTRY 166

X. CUBA’S TOBACCO INDUSTRY 185

XI. CUBA’S MINERAL RESOURCES 200

XII. LATENT AGRICULTURAL WEALTH 216

XIII. FUTURE FARMING IN CUBA 231

XIV. THE CAPITAL OF CUBA 249

XV. THE PROVINCES OF CUBA 263

APPENDICES 279

INDEX 325

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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A CUBAN COURTSHIP (_See page 92_) _Frontispiece_

MAP OF CUBA 1

RIVER SCENE, ISLE OF PINES 2

THE FAMOUS PALMS OF CAMAGUEY 7

A STREET IN SANTIAGO DE CUBA 10

“OVER THIRTY SPECIES OF PALM ARE FOUND IN THE ISLAND” 12

PRESIDENT’S PALACE, HABANA 18

BAYAMO 28

THE PRADO, HABANA 36

THE WATER-FRONT, HABANA 46

MOUNTAIN ROAD IN THE PROVINCE OF ORIENTE 52

VIEW OF BAIRE, NEAR BAYAMO, FROM THE CUBAN TRENCHES 66

STREET SCENE, SANTIAGO DE CUBA 75

MORRO CASTLE FROM CENTRAL PARK, HABANA 83

COUNTRY HOMES OF WEALTHY CUBANS 89

“HER WORLD IS CONTAINED IN THE TOWN OF WHICH SHE IS RESIDENT” 96

YOUNG CANE-FIELD, WITH BANANA GROVE IN THE DISTANCE 100

A NARROW STREET, HABANA 109

A CUBAN MILKMAN 114

SUGAR-CANE READY FOR CUTTING 122

AN IDEAL ROAD FOR THE MOTORIST 124

AN AVENUE OF PALMS 128

STREET SCENE, HABANA 143

A GUAJIRO’S SHACK 150

GENERAL VIEW OF JIGUANI 158

HARVESTING THE CANE 166

CENTRAL PROVIDENCIA 170

TRANSFERRING CANE AND AUTOMATICALLY WEIGHING IT 176

GRINDING SUGAR-CANE 183

WELL-DEVELOPED TOBACCO PLANTS 186

HUNDREDS OF ACRES OF TOBACCO UNDER COVER 194

A TOBACCO FIELD AFTER HARVESTING 198

SANTIAGO DE CUBA 208

A STREET IN JIGUANI 214

GATHERING COCOANUTS 224

PINEAPPLE FIELD 226

BREADFRUIT 229

HEMP FIELD ABOVE MATANZAS 230

ORANGE TREE 234

“A SUGAR PLANTATION OF FIFTEEN HUNDRED ACRES WILL NEED ABOUT THREE HUNDRED OXEN” 237

HOTEL CAMAGUEY 240

A ROAD IN THE PROVINCE OF ORIENTE 246

MAP OF THE CITY OF HABANA 249

LA FUERZA, HABANA 250

OBISPO STREET, HABANA 255

THE CATHEDRAL, HABANA 259

FORT SAN SEVERINO, MATANZAS 268

PARLOR, HOTEL CAMAGUEY 271

MANZANILLO 273

THE DOCKS AND WAREHOUSES OF ANTILLA 275

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