. Book of the Royal blue . oil of the at a small frame house located ona plateau, as level as a table top, the coachstops and the tourist is informed that hereare the caves. But there are no visiblesigns of any such, and a flat piece of landwith a frame house does not seem to bearany relation to caves of such renown. En-tering the house, however, he seesa broad stairway, cut out of the rockleading down to the subterraneanworld of wonder. Descending withthe ca\e-guide he begins to feel thathere indeed is something unusual,and down about sixty feet he goes, tofind that the cave i
. Book of the Royal blue . oil of the at a small frame house located ona plateau, as level as a table top, the coachstops and the tourist is informed that hereare the caves. But there are no visiblesigns of any such, and a flat piece of landwith a frame house does not seem to bearany relation to caves of such renown. En-tering the house, however, he seesa broad stairway, cut out of the rockleading down to the subterraneanworld of wonder. Descending withthe ca\e-guide he begins to feel thathere indeed is something unusual,and down about sixty feet he goes, tofind that the cave is lined on all sideswith beautiful crystal formations, theeffect of the electric light on whichis most wonderful. He descendslower here, and ascends there, walksin this direction and that, for manyhundred feet, here in narrow pas-sages, there in magnificent halls, oneof which, called the Gothic Temple,is 250 feet long and 80 feet charming section of Cuba isfull of picturesque places, and some THE INTERIOR OF CUBA. THE YUMURI VALLEY BELOW THi of the finest river excursions in Cuba can beenjoyed on San Juan and Canimar rivers. An exceedingly interesting one-day tripcan be made to Madruga, a delightful andonce famous health resort. It is a littletown of about 2,000 population, nestlingamong a pleasant group of hills, wherewarm sulphur springs gush out of the earth,the healing virtue of which is well recog-nized in Cuba. Even to this day the
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