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Show ,:. . j J) Fact's or;errn& Porto Rico g I $; and .he Passage -stands. 1 3 w ijl BB 11 Hi term of the irmly of peaea HB lir -lane br Spain end lb United HB Him. 1. as apeedlly may bo, w corn, BB vtlnteirr may become of the Pacific la- HB lamia into poaelon of l"orto Men HB and a iloirn mall IllinUa of Iht WhI BB Iml which under American control HH Hi" 1I1I yield a omfortable revenue to HjV the government l'orto Illeo aloft HB would provide a remunerative Invent- HJ tnent for both American capital anil In- B duttrles, but tbr smaller Inland arc BH not lo be despised They are eollec- H lively known aa the Passage lalands. HB and comprise all tin Islands and keys H I) Inn Iwtwean the Virgin I'imh anil HE the east end of t'orto Kite. BHJ The second larrrst of tlirm la On H lebra laland, about ilaleen mile In the H eattttard of Cape Han Juan, at the H northeast point of l'orto ltlco It eall- H rd It It six miles Ion it br three broad H Cult br laland, sonittlffle called Car- H lit or Serpent Island, It one of a Terr H Irregular outline The northern ihore BH la ttrep and rocky and bare of harbor- BJB ace BH On all tho other sldee there are amall H Uleta and reefs, which ahelter Rood H ancboragtt. The laland la uninhabited H It It of moderate elevation, broken H rind rugged and Ihlrklr wooded, with B trarrely a level apoi on the aurfare HB Near the center It rttea to a height of H fifty feet BH Near Culebra la Northeast Oar, very H amall oral-shaped. 1M feet high and JBJ thickly woodeH Hyrd Cay, a trifle H larger, Ilea Mo Tarda from Northern H l av llyrd Cay la a remarkably amall. H rockr Islet, alitr feet high About a H mile from It are to amall rockr ! H fifteen feet or so high, and MM rnrdl BH southeast are two mora about elglitr BH fret high BH Culebrlla latet, or Llltle Culcbra, Ilea BH about a mile from Culcbra It, too, la BH of Irregular shape, la 300 feet high and BH thlcklr wooded I'rotn the highest BH part or the Islet n thick white light It BH exhibited at an elevation nf JOS feet, HB and la visible In clear weather nearlr which, called Hound or Retttcment Hay, Is defended by a small fort. There la a small village settlement there On the noriheni shore of Crab laland la Port Mula, at the mouth of a little stream It contains about 1,000 Inhabitants, In-habitants, and la the residence of the governor, who Is nominated br the captain general of I'nrln Rico There la a lighthouse erected at Mula Mu-la l'olnt, from which a ftted red light la ethlblted. Thetw la cotnperstlvely no trade eieept III fruits and fish In this archipelago but undoubtedly these Itlnuris are reliable nf development, and will pay a fair levenne after they become a portion of the United State Their natural beauty le unsurpaaead and over Ibem the trade wind la continually con-tinually blowing, giving them a warm, delightful climate To the weal of l'orto lllco other la-lands la-lands to become the property of the United Htates are lions and lloflten la-landa, la-landa, lying cluee together In the ilona rates Ke, and leaseeheo Island, Just off Iho northwestern roast. They Lave a total area of some (00 square miles, which, when added l J.eOO In l'orto ltlcu, makes quite n respectable re-spectable Uriel. I'orm Idea eatends 17 miles from north to south and 104 miles laterally. IliinnlMg aeroee the Island from twit to west Is a chain of mountains, thn highest peak of which la HI Yunkue, 9.000 feet high It can be seen seventy seven-ty mile at tea A magnificent shore signal could be raised I here 1'or commerce l'orto lllco Is perfectly perfect-ly adapted, for In Its small area there are 1,100 si reams, 50 of which are navigable nav-igable and could be used for commerce Hugar, coffee, tobacco, cotton, corn nnd potato are constantly shipped up nnd down theso rivers, and wero l'orto ltlco In lie fully cultivated many more streams could be opened and communication commun-ication made between others by means of canals, to Ilut the entire Island would present n splendid syslcm of waterways H HOMU RCKNIs IS OI'K NKW DHI'IISDHNC'V. BB fifteen mllss There are only a few In- BB habitants on the Island BB. Kicellent anchorage can be found BB wllhla the cape and Islands Just de- BBI scribed, but the best, called the Hound. BB la toward their oout'iern end, under the BB Ice of the reef BB Orest Harbor, lu the southern por- BB Hon of Culebra, Is one of the most BB secure bstlns In the West Indie It BB It a mils long and ball a mile wide, of BB Irregular shape, but there nro no In- BB habitants ur villages (here, and, of BB course, no fsclllllrs of any kind. BB Crab Island, callrtl alto Vlegue le- BB land, tlx mile to the eaitward of l'or- BB to lllco. It the Itrgett and mutt lm- BH. inrtonl of Iho I'ateago Kroup, bring H ssvenltcn miles lung by five broad. A BH ridge of smalt hills runt nearly lit BH whole length along the tnlddla of the HB ltltnd. and rites to a moderate height BJBj at the southaest eittcuilty of the It- BJBJJ BJBJ The south coast of the Island It In- BB dented hy several amall bays, one of There arelOOOOO people In l'orto lllco who live In towns and village Tho exports amount to I IC.ooo.-000, IC.ooo.-000, and to Insurious Insuri-ous are the people that In noe year $1,000,000 of goods wero carried to the' Island. Three con- tilled moatlr of manufactured products such aa clothing and houtchold wares Hhccp. which thrive In a hot country, grow big and fat lu l'orlo lllco and fresh lamb and million are constantly hipped from there. A ery largo cat of people are shepherds. Amid mi intirh HchtieM one would think that the !.ord would Imvo en-duwril en-duwril l'orto lllco nu more heallr, yrt It Is a fact that In one end of the laland gold mine eiltt, and Iron, copper, coal and tail are found In plenty. The vegetable productions are, however, ao valuable Hist Hie minerals have been neglected In order to cultivate lbs veer tallies Man Juan I a city of I'M 006 eopl. The Inhabitants are Roman Cntholloe and are highly educated. The women are nf middle sis sad are esqiiltltcly furmrd They have all the coqueur of the women of the tropics, nnd their beauty, gentian as and grace la tli tnlk of all who visit the laland. The harbor har-bor of Han Juan la the beat In the West Indies One of Uie principal aoiirr of Its revenue la lis water supply. More than twenty Island of thl Wsst Indies tend to It for water. I .It tie boat sail up the harbor of 8an Juan, loavl their tanks with water, and sail away again. Poverty I unknown In Um Urtand. Kvery man owns bis borne and ovary woman ha bar chickens Tho principal prin-cipal sport of the laland la cock fighting, fight-ing, and the men of Porto lllco fight with game cocks na MAdrld people Indulge In-dulge In bull fights. Tlu-rr Is nothing but hospitality on tho Island, and tho traveler who hands out money offends bis host. A feature which strike tho traveler Is the roof ganlens, for nil l'orto lllou enjoy llself on the housetop nt night. The house arc. built n little uff the ground, and to the dreamy person seeing see-ing them for the flrsi time they look not unlike rasile In the air built for pleasure, rather than for dwelling purposes. pur-poses. The people have the habit of aleeplng In the day and at night they do their shopping and visiting This I the ruelom In Australia nnd other hot countries, and In Porto lllco It It almost universal. Itvorr man haa his country homo nnd town hoiia At time of carnival or celebration he lakea hta family lo town and brlnga them back again when the sport Is over l'orto ltlco It Immensely wealthy In proportion to Its site, and It la doubted If the Philippines can equal It In richness rich-ness In proportion to the square foot. 11 presents great possibilities as a re sort nnd Is one of the finest plcr m property nn Iho earth's stirfare To cook corn, the wlte camper will lay thn cara oil Ihe coals, wrapped In their hutks, and when the husk sr quite burned off the corn Is cooked deliriously. de-liriously. It one It nhero shad abound the iltti can bo fattened lo an oak shingle and turned before the fire till done whn It will be found to hate n fine flavor of the oak. |