INDEX 



423 



Ocoa, Bay of, 247 

 Old Bahama Channel, the, 0, 23 

 Old Jerusalem Island, 810 

 Old Providence Islands, Jl 

 Oligocene series and epoch, -11 



Opal, in Banto i> Lugo, 349 



Opossum, m the Bahamas, 



Oranges : in the Bahamas, 900; ' 'uba, 78, U, 



186; Florida, 210; Haltl,373; Isleol run--, 



n; Jamaica, 198, 310, 331; Martinique, 



D; Porto Rico, ISO, 178, ITOj 8t Croix, 



816; Trinidad, 



Oreodoxa regi.i. 



Orinoco River, 4, 7, B, 186, 386 



Oruba, 81 6, 873, Bee alflO Am n v 



' Our Lady of the Snow," 333 



Oxford Basin, 188 



Ozama River, 348, 360, 361 



Pacific coast, the fruit industry of the, 



186 

 Pacific Ocean, I, 3, 386 

 Padre, 189 



Pajita Inlares, ea\ e of, 161 

 Paleozoic era and formations, 40, 43, 310, 



Palisades, the, Jamaica, 319, 331 



Palma, Rio, 47 



Palm Beach, Florida, communications with 



(in- Bahamas, 301 



Palmira, 86 



Palms : m I "u )>;i, 58 66, 79, 139, 144 ; the Caiib- 

 bc. is, 837, ! SI ; rami Cayman, 384; Ja- 

 maica, 198; Martinique, 846, 361 868; 

 Porto Rico, it:, 149, 169, 167, 168; Trinidad, 

 867; Virgin Islands, 811, 816 



Panama, m, 12; trade with Jamaica, 217 



Panama, Isthmus of, 1, 4, 6, 9, 35, 228, 270, 

 ;isi 



Pan de Guajaibon. 40 



Pan de Matanzas, 42, 44 



Papaimento, :i71 



Paradise Peak, St. Martin, 320 



Paria, Gulf ol. 



Paris, France, ( uhans in, 101 ; education of 

 Haitians ih, 285, 2si; ; the ( J rand Summary 

 Ol Haiti, 268 



" Paris of Haiti," the, 275 



Parrots : in < 'uba. 56 ; Jamaica, 199 



Partido de Fuera, 63 



Partidos, 68 



Paseo, the, Havana, 111, 115 



Paseo, the, Matanzas, 121 



Patti, Adelina, her debut in Santiago, 130 



" Pays des Revenants, Les," 345 



Peaches, in Cuba, 186 



Pearl-fisheries, Panama, 300 



" Pearl of the Antilles," the, ,".3, 408 



Pearls, in the l'.aliamas, 300 



Pedernales, Rio, 47 



Pedro Bank, 80, I 



Pedro Keys, 2. 16 



Pedro River. 196 



Pelee, Mount. 



Penalvcr, Conde, lit 



Pcnones Mountains, 21''. 



Pentacrini, 1". 



Pepper, in Jamaica, 214 



Peru Cave, 197 



Peters Island, .1" 



Petionville, 380, 282 



Petit Bourg. 



Petit Goave, 374, 376, 981 



Petroleum, in I uba, 



Philadelphia, Cuban ma D .'a in IM m. 83; 



Cuban i nn i Interests, -i ; t rade nli Ja 



m.u.'.i. 318, 398 

 Philadelphia "Evening Telegram," on su- 



pei jtltiorj in the United State 



Philip I, patron Of thfl Cuban BUgar indus- 

 try, 76 

 Philipsburg, St. Martin, 830 

 Phosphate: in < 1 1 and Cayman, 2:>4 ; Haiti, 



3(73 ; Bombrei o, 



Phosphorescent animals, 14 



Pichardo, Esteban, liis map of Cuba, 36 



Pico del Potrenllo, 196 



Pico del Turquino,3'J 



Pico del Yaqui, 39, 241, 212, 248 



Pijuan, 12.1 



Pillars of Hercules, 881 



Pimento, m Jamaica, \w, 208, 213, 214 



Pimento-grass, '213 



Pinar del Rio, city, 88, 98, 107, 11m, liy 



Pinar del Rio, pn>\ inee, 40, 44, 4'"., 47, 49, S3, 



i.2, 88, 76, 79, 90, 117,118, 1 18 ; area, '.'7 ; popu- 

 lation, 87, 108, UK'. 

 Pineapples: in Bahamas, 800; Cuba, 68, 76, 

 si, 136; Haiti, 272; Jamaica, 310; i'orto 



Kico. u;o, 17.' 



Pine River, 196 



Pines, Isle of, 86, 88 



Pine timber: in Bahamas, 299; Cuba, 41, 

 ">a ; Santo Domingo, 348 



Pinones, Lake, 14M 



Piracy, in the West Indies, 04,305,330,400. 

 Bee alsn l;i i \m i. us 



Pitch Lake, Trinidad, 881 



Piton des Canaris, 3.">7, 358 



Pitons, the, 358 



Place Congo, New Orleans, obiisni in the, 

 896, 896 



Plaine du Nord, La, 276 



Plaisance, 383 



Plaisance, Cape, 244 



Plantains: in Haiti, 272; Jamaica, 198, 225, 

 381 ; Porto Rico, loo, 167 



Planters, disappearance from the West In- 

 dies, 388 



Plata, Rio, 148 



Platanos, 79 



Platinum, in Santo Domingo, 249, 272 



Plato, on the mythical Atlantis, 381 



" Playa," 4H 



Playa, Porto Rico, 158, 177 



Playa de Naguabo, 181 



Plaza de Armas, Santiago, 130 



Plaza de Isabella, Havana, 110 



Pleistocene series and epoch, 41, 43, 384 



Pliocene series and epoch, 41, 43 



Plymouth, Montscrrat, 334 



Point-a-Pitre, 341, 342 



Poisons, use in the West Indies, 394, 395, 

 899 



Politeness, In Haiti, 386, 387 



Polygamy, in Haiti, 286 



Polyps, 15 



Ponce, city, 156-158. 161, 172. 177-179 



Ponce, department, 166, 105 



Ponce de Leon, 154, 174 



Ponupo, 89 



Ponupo Mining Company, the, 83 



Porpoises, in Sant" 1 KunlngO, 249 



Port Antonio, 189, 217. 338, 338 



Port a-Piment, 374 



Port-au-Prince. 244. 346,348 350, 363, 364, 



. 878 380, 38 I, 183; olimate, 343, 

 360; earthquake, 380 ; Ores, 880 

 Port-au-Prince Bay, 348 

 Port de Paix, 27". 277 

 Porte d'Enfer, 342 

 Portland Cave, 197 

 Portland Parish, 

 Port Margot, 364 

 Port Mari I 

 Port Morant, 

 Port of Spain, 813, 88T, 868 

 Porto Rico, 18, 16, 21, 22, 24, 36, 185, 186, 198, 



