In Porto Rico; a part of greater America . ion, althoughprodded with lances and peppered withdarts for almost an hour. At last, inresponse to repeated calls from the on-lookers, the band played a heraldic flourishand the matador strode majestically intothe arena. At sight of this gentleman andhis glittering sword, the bull uttered whatsounded like a groan of disgust and laydown in despair. Apparently nothing could induce him toget up again, and so, finally, the master ofceremonies announced that the slaughterwould be postponed, as the intended victimwas too inconsiderate for proper g
In Porto Rico; a part of greater America . ion, althoughprodded with lances and peppered withdarts for almost an hour. At last, inresponse to repeated calls from the on-lookers, the band played a heraldic flourishand the matador strode majestically intothe arena. At sight of this gentleman andhis glittering sword, the bull uttered whatsounded like a groan of disgust and laydown in despair. Apparently nothing could induce him toget up again, and so, finally, the master ofceremonies announced that the slaughterwould be postponed, as the intended victimwas too inconsiderate for proper gazing crowd seemed to take this 24 LIFE IN PORTO RICO. ending in good part, and slowly dispersed,chatting and laughing in excellent a business point of view, PortoRico presents a puzzling aspect. Theisland is wonderfully fertile in some re-spects, yielding coffee, sugar, tobacco,vanilla, cacao and fruits in vast abundance; but wheat seemsto have a veryserious time ofit in growing, sothat flour has tobe imported ata discouraging. ? .w TRANSPORTATION IN THE INTERIOR. expense. No one has yet succeeded in raising nutri-tious hay or other fodder fit for cattle; withthe result that cream is an unknown luxury,milk is thin and blue, and butter comesonly in cans from over the sea. All the more important local productsfind a ready sale, when once they havereached the market; but transportation, LIFE IN PORTO RICO. 25 especially in the interior, is uncertain andslow, while labor, although amazinglycheap, is unstable, refractory and for themost part dishonest. Each of the large cities maintains agorgeously uniformed fire department, butthe apparatus in actual use is of the mostfeeble and antiquated description. Onenight in Mayaguez, toward the end ofNovember, I was awakened by the ringingof bells and yelling of people in the street. Suspecting a fire, I hurriedly dressedmyself and went out-of-doors, when I sawat a glance that a large building near thewater-front was a mass of fl
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