Discovery of Cuba by Columbus.—The Native Race.—Historical Matters.—Headquarters of Spanish Military Operations in the West.—Invasion of Mexico by Cortez.—African Slave Trade.—Peculiarities of the Caribbean Sea.—Geography of the Island of Cuba.—City of Matanzas.—Havana, the Capital.—The Alameda.—The Cathedral.—Military Mass.—A Wonderfully Fertile Island.—Reflections.

ILLUSTRATIONS

[CAPTAIN COOK, THE DISCOVERER.] FRONTISPIECE.
[MIRROR LAKE, YOSEMITE VALLEY.]
[HAWAIIANS EATING POI.]
[MODE OF TRAVELLING IN JAPAN. A JINRIKSHA.]
[A CHINESE CART.]
[A SINGHALESE DANCER.]
[BOTANICAL GARDENS AT ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA.]
[A KANGAROO HUNT IN AUSTRALIA.]
[EMU HUNTING IN AUSTRALIA.]
[SCENE ON THE SOUTH ESK RIVER, TASMANIA.]
[A GREAT BANYAN TREE AT CALCUTTA.]
[MOSQUE AT DELHI, INDIA.]
[A WELL IN THE DESERT BETWEEN SUEZ AND CAIRO.]
[A LADY OF CAIRO AS SEEN IN PUBLIC.]
[GENERAL VIEW OF THE ALHAMBRA.]
[A RECEPTION HALL IN THE ALHAMBRA.]
[LEANING TOWER OF PISA, CATHEDRAL AND BAPTISTERY.]
[A STREET IN POMPEII.]
[THE COLISEUM AT ROME.]
[SCENE ON THE GRAND CANAL, VENICE.]
[BRIDGE CROSSING THE MOLDAU.]
[THE CATHEDRAL OF ST. ISAACS AT ST. PETERSBURG.]
[TOWER OF THE HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT.]
[THE TOWER OF LONDON.]
[EDINBURGH CASTLE.]

FOOT-PRINTS OF TRAVEL;

OR,

JOURNEYINGS IN MANY LANDS.