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A TRIP TO CUBA.

BY MRS. JULIA WARD HOWE.

BOSTON. TICKNOR AND FIELDS. M DCCC LX.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1860, by TICKNOR AND FIELDS, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. RIVERSIDE, CAMBRIDGE: STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY H. O. HOUGHTON AND COMPANY.

CONTENTS.

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I.THE DEPARTURE1

II.NASSAU10

III.FROM NASSAU TO CUBA20

IV.THE HARBOR OF HAVANA30

V.HAVANA—THE HOTELS40

VI.HAVANA—YOUR BANKER—OUR CONSUL—THE FRIENDLY CUP OF TEA48

VII.HAVANA—THE JESUIT COLLEGE57

VIII.SAN ANTONIO DE LOS BAÑOS66

IX.THE MORRO FORTRESS—THE UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA—THE BENEFICENZA79

X.CAN GRANDE'S DEPARTURE—THE DOMINICA—LOTTERY-TICKETS94

XI.COMPANY AT THE HOTEL—SERVANTS—OUR DRIVE—DON PEPE111

XII.MATANZAS132

XIII.THE PASEO—THE PLAZA—DINING OUT145

XIV.GAME-CHICKENS—DON RODRIGUEZ—DAY ON THE PLANTATION—DEPARTURE157

XV.RETURN TO HAVANA—SAN ANTONIO AGAIN177

XVI.SAN ANTONIO—CHURCH ON SUNDAY—THE NORTHER—THE S. FAMILY190

XVII.EDUCATION—LAST NIGHT IN SAN ANTONIO—FAREWELL202

XVIII.SLAVERY—CUBAN SLAVE LAWS, INSTITUTIONS, ETC.212

XIX.FAREWELL!238

A TRIP TO CUBA.