. History of companies I and E, Sixth regt., Illinois volunteer infantry from Whiteside County. Containing a detailed account of their experiences while serving as volunteers in the Porto Rican campaign during the Spanish-American war of 1898 . itcarries more weight in an international argument thanany other one emblem afloat. This brief description of the inhabitants coverswhat may be termed the middle class, which predomin-ates in point of numbers. The lower class was scantilyclothed and appeared half starved, while the morewealthy people were more elegant in appearance, man-ners and dress.
. History of companies I and E, Sixth regt., Illinois volunteer infantry from Whiteside County. Containing a detailed account of their experiences while serving as volunteers in the Porto Rican campaign during the Spanish-American war of 1898 . itcarries more weight in an international argument thanany other one emblem afloat. This brief description of the inhabitants coverswhat may be termed the middle class, which predomin-ates in point of numbers. The lower class was scantilyclothed and appeared half starved, while the morewealthy people were more elegant in appearance, man-ners and dress. This latter class of people was com-posed of Freneh, German, Spanish and a few natives,and represented the greater portion of the wealth of theisland. The women were richly dressed and paintedand powdered lavishly in a vain effort to cover theswarthiness of their complexion. They were seldomseen on the street unless accompanied by a gentlemanescort. The usual mode of conveyance was on ?ri ITS, Wild and Cultivated. 249 Nearly e\-ery man and boy had his pony. They are yetsmaller than our western bronchos, but j^entle and theymove alonuj with an eas^^ rocking motion which at onceproclaims them as excellent saddle horses. For trans-porting supplies etc., the two wheeled bullock carts andpack horses were both in use along the coast, but in theinterior the roads are impassible to wheeled vehiclesand the pack horses alone are used. A native packtrain consists of half a dozen of the small horses or don-keys. On each side of the animal a large basket ishung in which is placed the articles of transport. Thecontents of these baskets was either fruit enroute to aseacoast town or a supply of codfish going inland. Thedriver sits astride the horse between the two matter how heavy the load, the man seldom thinks ofwalking any distance and then only to stretch his legsafter sitting in the cramped position for some time. The fruits, of which there were numerous varie-ties
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