D.

DECKER, MR, and the Miss Cisneros incident, 118.

Dinner, a Cuban, 154.

Dogs, 6; the tiny spaniel and the colossal molasso, 6.

Drains, abominable condition of the, 11.

Drake, Sir Francis, appears off Cuba, 54.

Duck-hunt, a, 170.

"Dutchman's pipe," the, 150.

Dysentery among European colonists, 10.

E.

EARTHQUAKES, 3.

Eastern Province, the wholesomest part of the island, 11.

Education, impetus given to, by Las Casas, 18; the education given by the Jesuits, 19.

Emancipation of the slaves, first steps towards the, 29; its horrible results, 29.

Estates, the large, given to Spaniards, 20; rarely if ever visited by the latter, 20; curious custom on many Cuban estates, 20.

F.

FAN, the language of the, 138.

Ferdinand the Catholic, his opinion of the Spanish people, 70.

Fernandina, 39.

Filharmonia Theatre, an incident in the, 76; the first appearance of Mme. Patti at the, 143.

Fish, 6; tropical, 8.

Flora, beauty and variety of the, 10; in the forests, 105; some strange flowers, 128; the banyan tree, etc., 148; ferns, 151, 184; the moon-flower, 213; the silk-cotton-tree, 229; the vegetation of New Providence, Bahamas, 231.

Florida, failure of Hernando de Soto's expedition to, 50; given to the English in exchange for Cuba, 60.

Foreign residents, 20.

Forests, Cuban, 4, 104.

Fossils of prehistoric fauna, 6; of human remains, 14.

France wishes to purchase Cuba, 77.

French Revolution, effects of the, upon the West Indies, 64; remarks upon the, 271.

French settlers, persuade the Cubans to enlarge their sugar plantations, 4; large emigration of, in 1765, 61; they introduce the art of apiculture, 61.

Fruits of Cuba, 4; oranges, bananas, etc., 154.

Funeral rites, 200.

G.

GALEGOS, immigration into Cuba of, 17 (in note).

_Galleria_, the, 145.

Gambling in Cuba, 144.

Game, prehistoric, 6.

Garcia, Manuel, the brigand, 101.

Genoa, the birthplace of Columbus, 238; description and appearance of, 247; the trade of, 255.

Genoese, the, 252; the piety of the, 253.

Ghosts, Cuban belief in, 198.

Gomez, Maximo, Commander-in-Chief of the rebel forces, 93; he retires to San Domingo, 95.

Government of Cuba, 74 (in note); the bad, 77; its backwardness, 115.

Governors, magnificence of the, 54; their rapacity, 74.

Grant's Town, 228.

"Green snake," the, 232.

_Grenada Gazette_, 266, 271.

Guajiros, manners and customs of the, 162; their supposed relationship with our own costers, 165.

Guanajay, 219.

Guava jelly, 217.

H.

HASKETT, MR ELIAS, Governor of the Bahamas, 267.

Hatuei, the Cacique, bravery of, 15 (in note).

Havana, the city of, society in, 23; founded by Diego Velasquez in 1519, 49; obtains civic rights under Las Casas, 50; burnt by the buccaneers in 1528, 53; rebuilt by Hernando de Soto, 53; sacked afresh by the buccaneers, 54; attacked by the Dutch under Admiral Jolls, who is repulsed, 54; first theatre opened in, 56; attacked and taken by the English under the Duke of Albemarle, 1762, 60; Tacon rebuilds part of the town, 72; Diego Velasquez calls Havana "La llave del Nuevo Mondo," 121 (in note); view of the town from the harbour, 121; the houses of, 123; the Cerro, 125; aristocracy of, 126; cathedral, churches, promenades, gardens, streets, etc., 126; mode of shopping in, 127; the Botanical Gardens, 127; eventide in, 129; coaches, 131; the churches, 132; charitable institutions, 137; the beggars of, 137; the Carnival, 139.

Havana University established in 1721, 18; several chairs created by Las Casas, 19; almost entirely governed by Cubans, 112.

Heredia, JosA(C) Maria, Cuba's greatest poet, 184.

Holy Week in Santiago, 181.

Horses, scarcity of, in Cuba, 55.

Hotels in Matanzas, the, 152.

Houses of Havana, the, 123; of Matanzas, 157.

Howe, Lord, Governor of Barbadoes, 266.

Hurricanes, 2 (in note).