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| The tobacco, after being being baled, is sent to the Havana 
market. The bales.of tobacco are carried on the backs of 
mules or horses to the city or to the nearest railway station. 
“In the long line or train of mules or h 
I ne or orses, the head 
one mule or horse is tied to the tail of the one before a 
GOING TO MARKET. 
On the back of the foremost sits the driver. The hindmost 
carries a bell, which enables the driver to know whether any 
of the animals have broken loose.” 
From the description given by Hazard of Cuba, its soil, 
¢limate, and other resources, it will readily be seen by all 
acquainted with the tobacco plant that this famous island is 
well adapted for the production of a tobacco that for fineness 
and delicacy of flavor is hardly rivaled. With the peculiar 
composition of the soil, and with a climate well adapted for 
the perfection of all kinds of tropical plants and fruits, it can 
hardly be imagined that any finer variety of tobacco can be 
grown than that produced in Cuba and the adjoining islands. 
Doubtless the climate of Cuba is nearly the same as when 
