. The Cuba review. 24 THE CUBA REVIEW ISLE OF PINES NOTES. From Batabano to Nueva Gerona. Forty miles l)y "; south from Ha- vana, is the little shipping port of Bata- bano, noted for its great sponge industry. From this port the small steamer 'Cris- tobal Colon sails for the Isle of Pines and a twelve-hour night sail I)rings you into port. About 5 jou are out of the Caribbean sea and are meandering— it doesn't seem like sailing—in the small rivers, the most picturesque sail you ever experienced. Some places you can jump ashore. The water's so clear you can see the bottom ne
. The Cuba review. 24 THE CUBA REVIEW ISLE OF PINES NOTES. From Batabano to Nueva Gerona. Forty miles l)y "; south from Ha- vana, is the little shipping port of Bata- bano, noted for its great sponge industry. From this port the small steamer 'Cris- tobal Colon sails for the Isle of Pines and a twelve-hour night sail I)rings you into port. About 5 jou are out of the Caribbean sea and are meandering— it doesn't seem like sailing—in the small rivers, the most picturesque sail you ever experienced. Some places you can jump ashore. The water's so clear you can see the bottom nearly all the way. You sail 90 miles to get 60. The rivers are so narrow and winding and shallow that the boat creeps along. You look out sharply and see only bushes and it looks to you that you are going smack into them. The little steamer ports a little, sticks her nose to the left, you see an opening, and soon Xueva Gerona comes in view. It looks now as though you were back in Havana, the little low stone houses vou saw a> \-ou took a last look greet you. This is the business center, the Capital of the Island. The cottages thev call shacks here. They are made from the rough green pine lutiiber, something like our sea- shore cottages, onl}- rougher and more primitive. Very few are painted, none of them have a pane of glass. Instead of glass the frames are covered with screen cloth. Each window has a shut- ter. When the wind is too fresh, close the window on the windward side. Practically you are living out of doors all the time. All over the Island they are busy, and it will not be many years before this island will be a little paradise of Ameri- can speaking people.—Correspondence of the Canton (Mass.) Journal. The wireless station at Xueva Gerona, Isle of Pines, thrown down in the recent storm, has been restored and is again in working Risers of Cuba. The Maximo. From tlie sbripe and formation of Cuba, it is obvious that th» rivers, while they may be great
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