Chapter XXVI: 399

Distances from Cienfuegos to Havana--Railroads--Three classes of passenger-cars--Smoking--Rain-drops--Harvest--Lo! the poor ox--Goads--Sugar-cane in bloom--Cattle-herders--The war--Arabian stock of horses--Devastations by the insurgents--Vegetation and variety--Depots and drinking--Flowers--Fences from vegetation--Royal palm and its uses--Slaves gathering palm-fruit--Great variety of growth--Cactus family--Sugar and sugar-makers--Negro slaves and coolies--Their miserable quarters--Chicken-fighting--Inhuman treatment of the poor fowls--Matanzas--A Pentecostal illustration--"English and French spoken"--Dinner and its condiments--Matanzas Bay at night--The tough old tars--Their families on shore--The phosphorescent lights on the water--The plaza and hotel--Our French _valet de chambre_--_Siesta_--My _café_--_El volante_--Up the mountain-side--_El Cueva de Bellamar_, being a remarkable subterranean temple--Stalactites and stalagmites--Names given to the different formations inside the cave--Return to Matanzas.

CHAPTER XXVII.....424

From Matanzas to Havana--Buzzards--Description of El Moro Castle, A.D. 1519--Captured, 1619, by Sir George Pocock--El Moro like the Venetian "Bridge of Sighs"--Havana a century since--Its harbor and fleet of ships--Architecture of the houses--Narrow streets--A view from El San Carlos Hotel--Beautiful moonlight on the bay--El Paseo--French coaches--Residence of the Captain-general--Ladies shopping in _volantes_--Market-house--Mules, panniers, etc.--Working-class receive an early supply of grace--No Sabbath here--"Lottera"--Beggars--Description of the cathedral--Bishop--Acolytes--Organ--Tomb of Columbus--Santo Christobal--His life and mission as Christ-bearer--Cemetario de Espeda--Its walls, vaults, tablets, inscriptions--Three bodies for sepulture--The poor without coffins--The Protestant dead not admitted in Catholic grounds--Fragility of promises in Cuba.

A Ramble into the Early History of Florida.....439

Florida Gazetteer, etc.....481

Petals Plucked from Sunny Climes.