OTHER CUBAN CITIES l-!7 



try in this portion of Cuba is diversified hill and plain, 

 with many superb plantations in the valleys. 



Camaguey, as the Cubans call the town, or Puerto Prin- 

 cipe, as it is officially designated, although remote from the 

 sea-coast, is the chief interior city of Cuba, and claims to 

 be the most Creole of Cuban towns. The city lies on a 

 plain about midway between the two coasts, and is con- 

 nected by rail with Nuevitas to the northeast. 



In the basin of the Cauto, Bayamo is the principal place. 

 This is a very old town, which was founded on a southern 

 affluent of the main stream during the first years of the 

 conquest. It was at Yara, a little southwest of this place, 

 that the great republican rising took place in 1868. The 

 next year, when the Spanish troops made their appearance, 

 the inhabitants themselves set fire to their houses. Dur- 

 ing the present revolution Bayamo has been an important 

 stronghold. 



Holguin, lying to the northward of the Cauto, is also an 

 important city of this part of Cuba. 



Manzanillo is the only town of importance on the south 

 coast between Trinidad and Santiago. This is a low place, 

 situated south of the Cauto delta, and by nature is, per- 

 haps, the most unhealthful city on the island, not only 

 owing to the marshy surroundings, but because it is cut 

 off by the high Sierra Maestra from the health-giving 

 trade-winds from the south and east. Notwithstanding 

 these facts it is an important commercial and exporting 

 point, being the outlet of the fertile Cauto valley, from 

 which are shipped large quantities of tobacco, sugar, wax, 

 honey, and other agricultural produce. 



Santiago de Cuba, or Saint Jago of the natives, is a city 

 of Cuba which is second only to Havana in strategic and 

 political importance, and is the capital of the east end of 

 the island. The city is situated one hundred miles west of 

 the eastern cape of Cuba, upon a beautiful bay, six miles 

 long, so completely landlocked that its narrow entrance can 

 hardly be seen from the sea. Looking from the steamer's 



