. Book of the Royal blue . latter extends from the north to the south To reach Santiago de Cuba from thecoast of the island. But Camaguey, sixty- north, the tourist passes through the grand-four miles beyond, is, next to Santiago, the est and wildest scenery in Cuba, as themost interesting city in Eastern Cuba, and mountain ranges are very high, some peaksis one of the oldest settlements in the of which, near the south coast, reach an jr. S ^fff^f^ -> m island, to which fact its many very oldchurches are attesting \vitnesses. Cama-guey has some of the quaintest streets inexistence, narrow a
. Book of the Royal blue . latter extends from the north to the south To reach Santiago de Cuba from thecoast of the island. But Camaguey, sixty- north, the tourist passes through the grand-four miles beyond, is, next to Santiago, the est and wildest scenery in Cuba, as themost interesting city in Eastern Cuba, and mountain ranges are very high, some peaksis one of the oldest settlements in the of which, near the south coast, reach an jr. S ^fff^f^ -> m island, to which fact its many very oldchurches are attesting \vitnesses. Cama-guey has some of the quaintest streets inexistence, narrow and ill-shaped, but pe-culiarly charming in spite of this fact.•Camaguey to-day shows every sign of being altitude of o\er 8,UIIU tcet above sea is a little dream city, built onmany hills, with steep streets, nearly allasphalted, clean and well maintained. Re-cently, Santiago witnessed the completionof two important improvements that must 16 THE INTERIOR OF CUBA necessarily affect the progress of the townin a decidedly favorable manner. Thefirst is that of a system of electric streetrailways, a boon of incalculable value tothe town, which has a population of nearly50,000; the other is that of a new reservoirand water supply system. Santiago is an intensely interesting place,the high mountains encircling it adding a charm to the neighborhood that no otherpart of Cuba possesses. Beautiful drivescan be made to many in
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