Standard guide to Cuba : a new and complete guide to the island of Cuba, with maps, illustrations, routes of travel, history, and an English-Spanish phrase book . f that name, which was after-ward removed to the old Indian village of Camagiiey. The present Nue-vitas was established in 1820. Fifty miles east of Nuevitas is the harbor of Puerto Padre, enteredthrough a winding channel between low banks of mangroves and coralrock, which looks like the Florida coquina. The ship anchors in the baya mile from the town, which is small and without interest. The port is ofgrowing importance as the cente
Standard guide to Cuba : a new and complete guide to the island of Cuba, with maps, illustrations, routes of travel, history, and an English-Spanish phrase book . f that name, which was after-ward removed to the old Indian village of Camagiiey. The present Nue-vitas was established in 1820. Fifty miles east of Nuevitas is the harbor of Puerto Padre, enteredthrough a winding channel between low banks of mangroves and coralrock, which looks like the Florida coquina. The ship anchors in the baya mile from the town, which is small and without interest. The port is ofgrowing importance as the center of extensive sugar production. TheChaparra sugar mill, of which the smoke stacks are seen in the distanceon the left as the ship enters the harbor, is the largest in existence; it isowned by an American in which Mrs. Hetty Green is interested. GiBARA is another town which has picturesque situation on a hill sloperising from the water. The houses are brightly painted, and if we enterthe harbor late in the day the scene is full of color. In the foregroundthe custom house overhanging the water is painted pink and red; to the i^S mil STANDARD THE WATERFRONT OF GICARA. right of this is a house of bright blue with white trimmings; just beyond,the cathedral is cream with red towers and domes; and other color com-binations are of yellow and blue, and green and red. The houses fairlyglow amid their settings of palm and banana; and sea and sky and townunite to make a painted panorama. Enclosing the town is a high stonewall, which begins at the waters edge on the left, climbs the hill, extendingalong the crest, and descends to the sea on the right. At commandingpoints here and there it is complemented with high watchtowers. Thewall was built in 1870, to keep out the Cuban insurgents; it is falling intoruin, and the watchtowers are peopled by negroes, goats and of formidable size infest the bay, and alligators may be seen fromthe wharf. The Plaza and Cathedra
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