CHAPTER IX

. PROVINCE OF ORIENTE.....83

The Province of Oriente--Area and Topography--Mountains and Rivers--Fine Harbors--Great Sugar Mills--Scene of the First Spanish Settlement in Cuba--The Bay of Guantanamo--Santiago de Cuba--Copper Mines--Manzanillo--The Cauto Valley--Sugar Plantations and Stock Ranches--Timber and Minerals--American Colonies.

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