In Porto Rico; a part of greater America . ents of the fortified towns of old. Thirtythousand persons live there. Although the port of San Juan is not aneasy place to enter during a stiff norther,yet the city is said to have the best harborin the West Indies. Ponce city and district,on the south coast, with forty thousand PAST AND PRESENT. 17 inhabitants, claims a still more desirabledistinction, that of being the healthiestplace in the island. Mayaguez, facing the Mona Passage,which separates Porto Rico from SantoDomingo, has a ^population of nearlytwenty thousand; and Aguadilla, Areciboand F
In Porto Rico; a part of greater America . ents of the fortified towns of old. Thirtythousand persons live there. Although the port of San Juan is not aneasy place to enter during a stiff norther,yet the city is said to have the best harborin the West Indies. Ponce city and district,on the south coast, with forty thousand PAST AND PRESENT. 17 inhabitants, claims a still more desirabledistinction, that of being the healthiestplace in the island. Mayaguez, facing the Mona Passage,which separates Porto Rico from SantoDomingo, has a ^population of nearlytwenty thousand; and Aguadilla, Areciboand Fajardo have each fivethousand ormore inhabi-tants. San Juan andArecibo, fiftymiles an art calle de candelabria, mayaguez. are connected by rail, and in the wholeisland there are, completed or building,about three hundred miles of railroad andfive hundred miles of telegraph. Streetrailways of a primitive type are found inseveral places. The largest three citieshave the beginnings of telephone systems,and San Juan is lighted by electricity;. 18 PAST AND PRESENT. but the whole island is practically virginsoil for the American promoter. Porto Rico has no barns, we are told byan American visitor, and the vision of abarnless region, so far as sentiment is con-cerned, is not welcome. How much thechildren of that island have lost! Nohaymow sports; no hidings in fragrantrecesses; no leaps into friendly depths ofthe harvest of the meadows; no rainy-daydelights, shared with swallows darting inand out; no memories of such hours togive their pleasant sadness to later years! American children will regard their con-temporaries in Porto Rico as fair subjectsfor sympathy. A typical barn, duly storedwith hay, with children to illustrate itscapacity for giving space and suggestionfor fun, would be an importation whichboys and girls of the island would appre-ciate, especially in the rainy season. Life in Porto Rico. When the American fleet of transportssteamed into Guanica Bay, Porto Rico, onJuly
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