great caverns which are the wonder of the few who
have explored them. With an area of 12,900 square
miles, Puerto Principe province has less than 70,030
inhabitants, and has been the favourite g f e l i g :
olutionary uprisings on account o e
cessible fastnesses of its mountains. I t has little l
the way of systematic industries, and ‘^ P P
engaged chiefly in getting out some of its fine c
net timber and preserving guava. T h e largest of all
the provinces in extent is that of Santiago de Cuba
in the east, which has an area of
miles and a population of 230,000. It contains th
mountains from which copper and iron are obtained,
and has available harbours on both co a s ts -M a y a r i,
Gibara, and Baracoa on the north, and Guantanamo,
Santiago de Cuba, and Manzanillo on the south. g
S P ,acSes are sometimes referred to as being in certain
“ districts,” meaning the judicial districts,
are Guanajay, Guane, Pinar del Rio, and San Cris
bal in the province of Pinar del R io ; Bejucal, Guan-
abacoa, Guiñes, Havana, Jaruco, Mananao and
San Antonio de los Baños in Havana province, Al-
foT so i m Cardenas, Colon and Matanzas m the
province of Matanzas; Cienfuegos, Ju“ d*
Remedios, and Sagua la Grande irf Santa Clara
Moron and Puerto Principe in Puerto Principe; and
Baracoa, Guantanamo, Holguin, Manzanillo, and
Santiago de Cuba in Santiago. T h e y are designated
by the names of towns in which the court procee
ings are held and the alcalde mayor has his seat;.
T he one great city of Cuba, and indeed of a
the West Indies, is Havana. A t the time of the