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INDEX 



Porto Rico contiHiir<i 

 909, 936. 388, 368, 396, 397,806, 809, 811,818, 1 

 agriculture, 163, 169 L68, itj. iv;, im 188; 

 architecture, 173,174 178,180,181: area, 18, 

 148 ; autonomy, 166, burial of the dead, 

 177 ; cable oommunlcationa, 90, 91 i ea\ e*. 

 180, 183; ceded t<> Che United States, ir>4, 

 404; dues, 173 184; civilisation, 33; cli- 

 mate, L47, L61 163, 166, 178, 17'.', 181, 183, 

 l.s4 ; ciiiiiiiici'i-i', i.">s n;:t; con miiiiiiciit ions 

 with: New Noil;, 406, 406; st. Thomas, 

 818; contrasted with Cuba, i4.->, 146; cur- 

 rency, 163; departments, 166; discovery, 

 i:,i ; diseases, 177 ; education, i">7, nu-iee, 

 168, 170. 226 ; electric light and power, 175; 

 fauna, 160; Mora, 147-150; fruits, 149, 150; 

 future, 1S4 ; i.';is- works, 176. 17s; geology, 



1.7U. im ; harbors, 148, 168, 172-174, nt;, 177, 

 179-181, lS;t ; highways, 161 ; history and 

 administration, 25, 32, 154-157; hospital- 

 ity, 182; industries, 163, 175, 178-182; isl- 

 auds, 165, 182-184 ; land titles, 1H4 ; loyalty 



to Spain, 155; minerals, i">i ; mortality, 

 153 ; mountains, 28-30, 147, 150-152 ; peo- 

 ple, 146, 154, 157, 164-171, 389 ; population, 

 18, 164-170, 172 ; press, 157 ; railroads, 161, 

 176, 179; relation to Spain, 69; religion, 

 156, 157 ; rivers, 147, 148, 153, 159 ; ship- 

 ping, 158, 159, 173, 174, 176, 177, 180; situa- 

 tion and physical features, 145-153; sla- 

 very, 155, 204 ; social progress, 283 ; tariff, 

 183 ; telegraph and telephone lines, 162, 

 176; timber, 149,161; trade with: Cuba, 

 179; Haiti. 274; visiting, 406 ; water-sup- 

 ply, 147, 148, 151-153 

 Port Royal, Jamaica, 201, 204, 221 

 Portuges, Rio, 148 

 Portuguese, in Antigua, 325 

 Potatoes, in Jamaica, 211, 214, 231 

 Poultry : in Cuba, 81 ; Grand Cayman, 234 ; 



Jamaica, 215 ; Porto Rico, 161 

 Pourtales, Count, deep-sea explorations by, 



14 



Powles, on the Bahama " conchs," 301 



Prado, the, Havana, 111 



Precious metals, in the West Indies, 380. 



See also Gold ; Silver 

 Presbyterians, in Jamaica, 207 

 Presidio Provincial, San Juan, 175 

 Press, the : in Cuba, 71, 72 ; Porto Rico, 157 

 Preston, Stephen, Haitian minister at 



Washington, 270; on Haitian cannibalism, 



392, 393 

 Prieto, Rio, 151 

 Princesa, San Juan, 175 

 Princestown, 367 



Proverbs : in Haiti, 286 ; Jamaica, 233, 286 

 Pteropods, 16 

 Puentes Grandes, 117 

 Puerta de Espana, 174 

 Puerta Plata, 252, 259, 261, 262 

 Puerta Plata Mountains, 246 

 Puerto de Tierra, San Juan, 175 

 Puerto Principe, province, 41, 44-47, 62, 63, 



89 ; area, 97 ; cattle, 81 ; population, 97, 103 

 Puerto Principe, town, 63, 64, 89, 98, 107, 126, 



127 

 Puerto Real de Cabo Rojo, 158 

 Pulmonary diseases: in Cuba, 143; Haiti, 



279 

 Punta Arenas, Vieques, 183 

 Punta battery, 115 

 Punta Blanca, 129 

 Punti fortress, 64 

 Pyrenees, the, 29 



Quakers, in Tortola, 315 

 Quarantine laws, in the West Indies, 60, 403, 

 405 ' ' 



" Quatties," 989 



Quebec Steamship Company, West Indian 



service, :n'i7, 4m; 



Quinta, 136 



Quintana, 151 



Quitman, General John A., expedition t<; 



Cuba, 67 



Rabbit's foot, power as a eliarin, 398 



Race prejudice, 169 



Race problems, in the Wist Indies, 387-399 



Radiolarian earth, 374, :t77, 884 



Ragged Island, 302 



Rainfall: in Cuba, 61, >J0 ; Haiti, 27:1 ; Ja- 

 maica. 200; Porto Rico, 152; Santo Do- 

 mingo, 248-250 



Rainsford, on the character of Toussaint 

 L'Ouverture, 293 



Raleigh, Sir Walter, in Trinidad, 368 



Ramon, 101 



Rape, in the West Indies, 390 



Rats, in Jamaica, 199 



Ravine du Sud, La, 281 



Real Audiencia, San Juan, 175 



Reciprocity, between the United States and 



Spanish America, 405 

 Reclus, Elisee, estimate of Cuba's area, 36; 



on the Haitian people, 285 

 Reconcentration, 100 

 Recreo, 126 

 Redonda, 25 

 Reed, George W., monument at Spanish 



Town, 222 

 Reefs, 12, 22, 37, 38, 41, 86, 151, 180, 239, 298 

 Regla, 98, 109 

 Remedios, 123, 126 



Reptiles, association with evil spirits, 394, 

 396, 397 ; in the Caribbees, 328 ; Jamaica, 

 199 ; Martinique, 347 ; Porto Rico, 150 ; 

 Santo Domingo, 250. 

 Republica Dominicana, 254 

 Resano, Don Pedro, Porto Rican mineralo- 

 gist, 151 

 " Revista de Cuba," cited, 97 

 Rice : in Jamaica, 214 ; Porto Rico, 160, 162 ; 



Trinidad, 369 

 Rio. See the specific name 

 Rio Grande, Mexico, 195 

 Rio Grande, Porto Rico, 148, 151 

 Rio Grande de Arecibo, 180 

 Rio Palma, Marquesa de, 114 

 Rivas, Don Emilio de, 132 

 River Head, 197 

 Riviere Salee, 338 

 Road Town, Tortola, 315 

 Roads. See Highways 

 Roaring River, 193 

 Rocca, Pedro de la, 128 

 Rochambeau, General, expelled from Haiti, 



294 

 Rocky Mountains, the, 2-5, 30 

 Rodney, Admiral, 222 ; statue in Jamaica, 

 222 ; advises England to retain Dominica, 

 344 ; victory over De Grasse, 360, 404 

 Roman Catholic Church : in Cuba, 74, 75 ; 

 Haiti, 267-269 ; Jamaica, 207 ; Porto Rico, 

 157 

 Romano Key, 36, 38 

 Roncador Reef, 26, 30 

 Rosalind Bank, the, 9, 30, 186 

 Rosario, Falls of, 47 

 Roseau, 342, 343 



Roume.onthe character of Toussaint L'Ou- 

 verture, 293 

 Round Rock, 310 

 Royal Dutch West India Mail Service 



Company, Haitian service, 273 

 Royal Harbor, Antigua, 323 

 Royal Jamaica Society of Agriculture, 214 



