The earth and its inhabitants The earth and its inhabitants .. earthitsinhabita291recl Year: 1891 TOPOGRAPHY OF CUBA. 375 settlements had been made on a cay on the north coast. But the incursions of the French and English buccaneers drove the inhabitants to take refuge farther inland, where they founded Santa Clara ( Villa Clara) in 1690. Lastly, a fifth city, Sagua la Grande, on the river of like name some 12 miles from the sea, gradually replaced a group of huts at the head of the fluvial navigation. In this district of the Cinco Villas are found the auriferous sands worked by the first set
The earth and its inhabitants The earth and its inhabitants .. earthitsinhabita291recl Year: 1891 TOPOGRAPHY OF CUBA. 375 settlements had been made on a cay on the north coast. But the incursions of the French and English buccaneers drove the inhabitants to take refuge farther inland, where they founded Santa Clara ( Villa Clara) in 1690. Lastly, a fifth city, Sagua la Grande, on the river of like name some 12 miles from the sea, gradually replaced a group of huts at the head of the fluvial navigation. In this district of the Cinco Villas are found the auriferous sands worked by the first settlers ; they are now nearly exhausted. Fig. 178.—Teoidad and its Haeboitrs. Scale 1 : /9°58' West op breenwich 73°^a- Reefs exposed at low water. Depths. Oto 16 Feet. 16 Feet and upwards. 6 Miles. The provinces of Santa Clara and Puerto Principe are separated by the Moron depression, where the two sections of the island are, so to say, soldered together. Camaguey, capital of Puerto Principe, and the chief place in the central region of Cuba, claims to be the most créole (' criolisima ') of Cuban towns. The Cama- gueyanos, as the natives are fond of calling themselves, are certainly the finest, the most valiant, and independent people in the island. Puerto Principe, the official name of Camaguey, is the largest city of the interior, for, despite its name, it lies, not on the sea, but on an extensive plain about midway between the
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