Cuba past and present . rican colony is engaged infruit cultivation in the neighbourhood. Cienfuegos. Leaving Casilda astern and still sailing westwardthe beautiful bay of Jagua is reached with Cien-fuegos, the City of a Hundred Fires, at itshead. Should the traveller reach Cienfuegos atnight he will no longer wonder how it ob-tained its name for everywhere, above the mead-ows and the fields, flash myriads of brilliantfireflies, a sight which caused Columbus to exclaimMira los Cienfuegos! (Behold the HundredFires!). Passing between Point Sabanilla and its ancientCastillo de Jagua, one enters t
Cuba past and present . rican colony is engaged infruit cultivation in the neighbourhood. Cienfuegos. Leaving Casilda astern and still sailing westwardthe beautiful bay of Jagua is reached with Cien-fuegos, the City of a Hundred Fires, at itshead. Should the traveller reach Cienfuegos atnight he will no longer wonder how it ob-tained its name for everywhere, above the mead-ows and the fields, flash myriads of brilliantfireflies, a sight which caused Columbus to exclaimMira los Cienfuegos! (Behold the HundredFires!). Passing between Point Sabanilla and its ancientCastillo de Jagua, one enters the magnificent bay— considered by mariners one of the finest in theworld — with the town six miles from the entranceand clear-cut as a cameo against its backgroundof vivid green. Across the entrance from the fortis Colorado Point, the cable landing, and madehistoric as the spot where the first American bloodwas shed in the Spanish war when the Americanscut the cables under a heavy rifle fire from thefort. T*< ~~~. THE SOUTHERN COAST 157 Cienfuegos is one of the best of Cubas towns,although one of the youngest, as it was notfounded until 1819. It was soon after destroyedby a hurricane but was rebuilt in 1825 and isto-day a healthy, pleasant and most attractivetown with broad, straight streets, electric lights,and every convenience, and is second only to Ha-vana from a commercial standpoint and leads allother ports in the amount of sugar shipped. Cienfuegos has a magnificent plaza ornamentedwith flowers, shaded by laurel trees, emboweredin palms and guarded by two marble lions,— agift from Queen Isabella of Spain. In Cien-fuegos one may still see many of the true Cubancustoms and on Sunday and Thursday eveningsmany senoras and seiioritas wearing gracefulmantillas and rebosas and with their hair deckedwith brilliant flowers parade about the plazawhile the band plays dreamy Spanish music be-neath the rustling palms. Facing the plaza onone side are the various municipal bui
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