CHAPTER XXX

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A Paradise of Palm Drives--Splendor of the Flamboyans--The Road to Guines--A Fine Drive to Matanzas--Roads from Havana to Guanajay, Artemisa and the Ruby Hills--Old Military Roads Improved and Extended--Fine Drives in Pinar del Rio--The Valley of Vinales--Some Wonderful Landscapes and Seascapes--Roads Radiating from Matanzas--The Roads of Santa Clara and Camaguey--Road Making Among the Mountains of Oriente.

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