CRUISING IN CUBA 



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FAMILY OF NATIVE CUBANS. 



WITH THIS FAMILY THE WRITER AND HIS TWO GUIDES STAYED ONE NIGHT WHILE LOOKING OVER A TIMBER 



TRACT IN CAM AQUA Y PROVINCE, CUBA. 



are pithy and soft and easily removed, 

 leaving the hard, woody shell. The 

 honey business is very large among the 

 natives, many having several hundred 

 .-warms. 



Arriving at the tract of timber we 

 sought, which contained 640 Caballarias 

 (a caballaria is 33 1/3 acres), we found 

 a much better class and stand of timber 

 than any we saw on the journey. The 

 royal palms grew thickly and the un- 

 derbrush and vines had to be cut away 

 before we could leave the cart trails to 

 go into the timber. 



The different species of hardwood 

 timber found on these lands are Acano. 

 Spanish Cedar, Ocuie ( pronounced 

 O-coo-he), Mahogany. Jique (He-kev), 

 Guaymaro, Jucaro (Hoo-cay-ro), Saba- 



cu, Majagua ( Mah-hah-gwa ) , Morura, 

 Cuban Oak and a species of Rosewood 

 and Ebony. 



The Acano trees grow to a large size, 

 the wood is hard and very beautiful, 

 resembling Rosewood. The Morura is 

 used for cart hubs. Jique is durable 

 and never decays. Jucaro is dark col- 

 ored wood used for cart spokes. 

 Sabacu is used for cart felloes and 

 counter tops. Ocuje is used for furni- 

 ture. Majagua is used for furniture, 

 cart tongues, etc. All of these species 

 run frcm 1(> inches in diameter at the 

 stump to 4S inches and from 20 feet 

 to 48 feet to the limbs. The Mahogany 

 and Cedar run from IS inches in diam- 

 eter up, but are mostly short bodies 

 from 20 to 30 feet long. The Ebony 



