f justice, 161

CHAPTER XIII.

Consumption of tobacco--The universal cigar--Lady smokers--The fruits
of Cuba--Flour a prohibited article--The royal palm--West Indian
trees--Snakes, animals, etc.--The Cuban blood-hound--Mode of training
him--Remarkable instinct--Importation of slaves--Their cost--Various
African tribes--Superstitious belief--Tattooing--Health of the
negroes--Slave laws of the island--Food of the negroes--Spanish law of
emancipation--General treatment of the slaves, 171

CHAPTER XIV.

Pecuniary value of the slave-trade to Havana--The slave clippers--First
introduction of slaves into Cuba--Monopoly of the traffic by
England--Spain's disregard of treaty stipulations--Spanish
perfidy--Present condition of Spain--Her decadence--Influence upon her
American possessions--Slaves upon the plantations--The soil of
Cuba--Mineral wealth of the island--The present condition of the
people--The influences of American progress--What Cuba might be, 186

CHAPTER XV.

Area of Cuba--Extent of cultivated and uncultivated
lands--Population--Proportion between the sexes--Ratio of
legitimate to illegitimate births--Ratio between births and
deaths--Agricultural statistics--Commerce and commercial
regulations--Custom-house and port charges--Exports and imports--Trade
with the United States--Universities and schools--Education--Charitable
institutions--Railroads--Temperature,
201

CHAPTER XVI.

Retrospective thoughts--The bright side and dark side of the
picture--Cuban institutions contrasted with our own--Political
sentiments of the Creoles--War footing--Loyalty of the colony--Native
men of genius--The Cubans not willing slaves--Our own
revolution--Apostles of rebellion--Moral of the Lopez
expedition--Jealousy of Spain--Honorable position of our
government--Spanish aggressions on our flag--Purchase of the
island--Distinguished conservative opinion--The end. 214

THE HISTORY OF CUBA.

CHAPTER I.

The Island of Cuba--Early colonists--Island aborigines--First
importation of slaves--Cortez and his followers--Aztecs--The law of
races--Mexican aborigines--Valley of Mexico--Pizarro--The end of
heroes--Retributive justice--Decadence of Spanish p