Cuba and her people of to-day : an account of the history and progress of the island previous to its independence; a description of its physical features; a study of its people; and, in particular, an examination of its present political conditions, its industries, natural resources, and prospects; together with information and suggestions designed to aid the prospective investor or settler . n of the book. Vegetation is superlatively abundant inCuba. The flora includes three thousand threehundred and fifty native plants, not to mentionthe considerable number that have been natu-ralized. The t
Cuba and her people of to-day : an account of the history and progress of the island previous to its independence; a description of its physical features; a study of its people; and, in particular, an examination of its present political conditions, its industries, natural resources, and prospects; together with information and suggestions designed to aid the prospective investor or settler . n of the book. Vegetation is superlatively abundant inCuba. The flora includes three thousand threehundred and fifty native plants, not to mentionthe considerable number that have been natu-ralized. The trees embrace a variety of hard-woods. Over thirty species of palm are foundin the Island, and the pine of the temperatezone grows in proximity to the mahogany ofthe tropics. The forest has been recklessly ex-ploited or destroyed, but it is estimated thatthirteen million acres of it remain. Practically all the fruits and vegetables ofthe tropics flourish in the Island and many ofthose characteristic of the temperate kinds of fodder grasses grow through-out the valley lands. The only distinctive animal of Cuba is thejutia, a black animal having the appearance ofa large rat. It grows to a length of eighteeninches, including the tail. The country peopleeat this creature, as they do all other animalsand reptiles that come in their way. Deer and rabbits are abundant wherever. The Island of Cuba 13 cover exists. Swine, dogs and cats have be-come wild and are numerous in that is a variety of game birds, some migra-tory, bnt most permanent denizens of theIsland. The principal kinds are wild fowl ofdifferent species, pheasants, quail, snipe, tur-key, perdis, tijasas, rabiches, and native birds include many of the mostbeautiful plumage, but songsters are rareamong them. In swampy localities crocodiles and alliga-tors are found. Diminutive silurians, such aschameleons and small lizards, swarm every-where, and occasionally iguanas and the largerl
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