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border some neat design of painted scroll to add just 
a little artistic effect. You can find plenty of pure water 
from 14 to 25 feet below ground and this is a blessing. 
San Pedro, Singuanea, and Los Indios border on the 
most attractive part of the Island; for this reason it has 
white sandy beaches and the deepest water on the Island. 
Los Indios has built a large dock, the largest one on the 
Island, capable of taking care of the largest steamers, 
also as to loading and unloading. The soil in this sec- 
tion is very fertile and has a gentle slope towards the sea 
with high elevations and a number of hills called San 
Pedro hills. San Pedro has built a road to Los Indios 
dock which passes through the town of Siguanea. They 
say it will have a dock of its own in the near future. 
From San Pedro we go along passing some grape 
fruit groves until we reach Andorra Inn in the town- 
ship of La Siguanea. This township was laid out by 
the well known landscape architects, Messrs Olmsted 
Brothers of Brookline, Mass. Streets have been built 
and opened up for future development, It borders Sig- 
uanea Bay, and contains about 18,000 acres. The writer 
with two others some four years ago were the first to 
lay out and develop a 20-acre grove of grape fruit. We 
are located on San Pedro avenue within one half mile 
of its famous beach. We also have a nursery on the 
Itaba river consisting of 37 acres where we have now 
about 5,000 grape fruit trees ready to plant. E. A. 
Pheppen of Salem, Mass., has a 10-acre grove of grape 
fruit and 3,000 pineapples) Wm. Wolf of Lawrence is 
just clearing a 10-acre tract. A Mr. Roberts, who has 
just sold his grove in Florida, is here and is. buying a 
25-acre tract, He says that the severe frosts which now 
and then visit Florida is a matter of uneasiness to the 
fruit growers and that is his reason for getting out and 
coming here. Last year California had her turn with a 
frost, and that means the loss of the fortune of a life 
time. The Isle of Pines never has had a frost. The 
lowest record of temperature has been about 50. 
This La Siguanea tract is the latest one to be de- 
veloped, but now they are going to build a large hotel 
and have a dock also. They also wish to invite peopie 
who desire to have a small plact of their own for a win- 
ter residence and these tracts are within the reach of 
all The rise and fall of the tide here is about 8 inches 
or in other words the tide goes out four feet; our tides 
in Massachusetts rise and fall from 9 to 11 feet and in- 
creases the further east you go, as in the Bay of Fundy 
60 feet in height. Just outside the limits of the La 
Siguanea tract one thousand acres has just been bought, 
which the parties are to enclose for a cattle ranch. 
The land in the La Siguanea tract, township known 
as San Pedro, is owned by the Isle of Pines Realty Com- 
pany who are selling these lots very fast, These lots 
are in 5, 10 and 20 acres for fruit or vegetable develop- 
ment and also in the town site they have small or large 
lots for residential purposes. The officers of this com- 
pany are in John Hancock Building, No. 447, Boston, 
Mass., and 3734 Grand Central Terminal, New York — 
City, where they have a large exhibit of the product of . 
the Isle of Pines. I consider that this part is the gem 
of the island for scenery, advantageous location and ab- 
sence of swamp lands and the raising of citrus fruit, 
vegetables and tobacco, but the other parts of the island 
are equally as good for the same thing, 
The finest honey I ever sampled is raised in large 
quantities. At the Santa Fe fair I saw 64 varieties of 
fruits and vegetables, quite a showing for so young a 
settlement. They have birds in endless variety, notably 
the Grullas or Sand Hill Cranes as they are commonly 
called, but to me they look like wild turkeys and their 
flesh tastes just like a turkey. They travel in pairs 
and are much sought after. Parrots are as common as 
English Sparrows here. Woodpeckers build their nests 
in bottle palms, the following year the Parrots come 
along and occupy the woodpeckers nests of the previous 
year. One man from New York came to the Island 
last year and brought back from one small part over 
3,000 young parrots. They are taken off the nests just 
as they are ready to fly, are easily taught to speak and 
bring a high price in the States, Also I wil] mention 
about the Turkey Buzzards, which are the scavengers 
of the Island, eating all the carrion and refuse waste, 
you will find all over the South and far North as New 
Jersey. In the fresh water streams you will also find 
the gamiest of fish and lots of them. I spent an after- 
noon at this sport and one fish in particular, the name 
of which I do not know, but looked to me like a black 
bass, gave me lots of fun, Crocodiles are at the mouth 
of rivers near the sea, they are very shy and you are 
lucky if you can get a glimpse of one. I saw one, but it 
got away so quickly that I could not tell what it was, 
only the fellow with me pointed him out as such, 
(To BE CONTINUED.) 
BOSTON OPERA HOUSE. 
With the forthcoming week, the 
season of the Boston Opera com- 
pany ends, and with it performances 
of opera in Boston end for nine 
ironths, as the Opera House. will 
not re-open until January 4 next. 
The week will bring forth bills that 
will awaken the interest of the pub- 
lic, and show the company at its 
irost versatile best; as the subscrip- 
tion performances of the week will 
consist of a classic and a modern 
opera of both the French and Ital- 
ion schools; the Saturday night of- 
fering will be a “mixed” bill; and on 
Tuesday, two special performances 
of “Haonsel und Gretel” and of 
“Tosca,” will be given in New 
Haven. 
The week will begin with a con- 
cert on Sunday evening, March 22, 
which will present Jan Kubelik, vio- 
linist, and Mme, Weingartner, solo- 
ist, with Mr, Weingartner directing 
the orchestra. “Louise,” one of the 
most justly popular operas of the 
French repertory, will be given its 
last hearing of the year. “Aida” 
will be sung on Wednesday night, 
with the same splendid cast that pre- 
sented it so nobly on Saturday. 
The performance of “Faust” on 
Friday evening will be a notable oc- 
casion; in the first place, it will 
bring forward Mme. Weingartner 
and Mr. Marcoux in roles in which 
they are altogether too little known. 
Again it will be the farewell of the 
Weingartners and of Mr, Muratore. 
On Saturday afternoon “The Jew- 
them. 
els of the Madonna” will be sung, 
fittingly closing the subscription per- 
formances of the year, as it began 
Miss Elizabeth Amsden will . 
be the Maliella. ‘ 
On Saturday evening a “gala” bill 
will be presented. First, “The Sec- 
ret of Suzanne,’ Wolfe-Ferrari’s 
charming one-act opera, will be sung 
by Miss Myrna Sharlow and Mr. 
Fonari, with Mr. Rimini conducting. 
The second act of “Faust” will fol- 
low, with Mme. Beriza as Mar- 
guerite. Then will follow the 
third act of | “Tales —- of eee 
fmann,” with Mme. Befiza as the 
Antonia. To close the evening’s en- 
tertainment, the delightful ballet, 
“The Dance of the Hours,” from La 
Gioconda” will be presented by the 
entire corps de ballet. 
