A thousand-mile walk to the Gulf . e the[ i47l A Thousand-Mile JValk proffered aid of steam, when we soon reachedour quiet mid-harbor quarters and droppedanchor among ships of every size from everysea. I was still four or five hundred yards fromland and could determine no plant in sight ex-cepting the long arched leaf banners of thebanana and the palm, which made a braveshow on the Morro Hill. When we were ap-proaching the land, I observed that in someplaces it was distinctly yellow, and I wonderedwhile we were yet some miles distant whetherthe color belonged to the ground or to sheets offlowe
A thousand-mile walk to the Gulf . e the[ i47l A Thousand-Mile JValk proffered aid of steam, when we soon reachedour quiet mid-harbor quarters and droppedanchor among ships of every size from everysea. I was still four or five hundred yards fromland and could determine no plant in sight ex-cepting the long arched leaf banners of thebanana and the palm, which made a braveshow on the Morro Hill. When we were ap-proaching the land, I observed that in someplaces it was distinctly yellow, and I wonderedwhile we were yet some miles distant whetherthe color belonged to the ground or to sheets offlowers. From our harbor home I could nowsee that the color was plant-gold. On one sideof the harbor was a city of these yellow plants;on the other, a city of yellow stucco houses,narrowly and confusedly congregated. Do you want to go ashore? said the cap-tain to me. Yes, I replied, but I wish to goto the plant side of the harbor. Oh, well,he said, come with me now. There are somefine squares and gardens in the city, full of all[ 148 1. A Sojourn in Cuba sorts of trees and flowers. Enjoy these to-day,and some other day we will all go over theMorro Hill with you and gather shells. Allkinds of shells are over there; but these yellowslopes that you see are covered only withweeds., We jumped into the boat and a couple ofsailors pulled us to the thronged, noisy was Sunday afternoon,1 the noisiest day ofa Havana week. Cathedral bells and prayersin the forenoon, theaters and bull-fight bellsand bellowings in the afternoon! Lowly whis-pered prayers to the saints and the Virgin, fol-lowed by shouts of praise or reproach to bullsand matadors! I made free with fine orangesand bananas and many other fruits. PineappleI had never seen before. Wandered about thenarrow streets, stunned with the babel ofstrange sounds and sights; went gazing, also,among the gorgeously flowered garden squares,and then waited among some boxed mer-chandise until our captain, detained by busi- 1 Doubtless Janua
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