LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



map of the west indies Frontispiece 



FACING PAGE 



TRAVELER'S PALM, GARDEN, ST. PIERRE, MARTINIQUE 



NOT INDIGENOUS 16 



COCOANUT-PALMS, PLUMB POINT LIGHTHOUSE, JAMAICA . 24 



BANIAN-TREE, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS 24 



PLAZA IN FRONT OF CAPTAIN-GENERAL'S PALACE, HAVANA 32 



GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ISLAND OF CUBA 40 



MATANZAS 44 



Church of Montserrat Yumuri Valley, near Matanzas 



AFTERNOON DRIVE IN RURAL CUBA 48 



MATANZAS 52 



Drive to the Bellamar Caves Royal Palms, Sugar-Estate Offi- 

 cial Building 



HAVANA 57 



View in the Botanical Gardens Fruit-Stand A Market-Place 

 "Leehe a Domicilio "Donkeys Loaded with Wood 



SCENES IN CUBA 60 



Pack-Horse Loaded with Rum A Funeral Car 



HAVANA 64 



Plaza des Armas and Captain-General's Palace Templete 

 Monument, Erected at Site of First Mass Said in Havana 



HAVANA 72 



Regla, the Brooklyn of Havana, Ferry-Boat in Foreground 

 At the Boat-Landing Water-Front, Havana Bay 



SUGAR-HOUSE ON PLANTATION, CUBA 76 



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