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“...132 POCKET GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES
the Cocorite Wells, furnish the water supply of the City,
are worth inspecting. They are scrupulously clean and,
surrounded as they are by graceful bamboos, bright
coloured crotons, oleanders and ferns,- are quite
picturesque.
Beyond the waterworks, the road ascends the valley
through the fertile Mocha Estate to The Saddle (La Sella),
the summit of the ridge separating the Maraval from the
Santa Cruz Valley. Here it passes through a narrow
defile or cutting, and then descends through rich and
well-watered cocoa plantations to Santa Cruz, with its
many pleasant villas nestling among the trees, and the
small hamlet of San Juan, below which it joins the main
road between St. Joseph and Port of Spain. The ride
or drive over the Saddle is justly regarded as one of the
most delightful of the shorter excursions from Port of
Spain.
The Long Circular Road, reached from the Diego
Martin or Maraval Roads, affords a pleasant afternoon
drive. Passing Champs Elysées...”
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“...Valley, and admission to the Bellamar Caves.
The line passes through extensive fields of sugar-cane,
the section between Jaruco and Aguacate being one of
the most productive in Cuba. At the latter place is
the Rosario Central Factory. Between Empalme,
(whence a branch runs through a hilly country to
Madruga, population 2,175), three hours from Havana,
a typical Cuban village famous for its sulphur and iron
springs, and Ceiba Mocha, is a deep cutting lined with
maidenhair ferns and tropical foliage of great beauty.
After passing the unpretentious village of Ceiba Mocha
(left) and extensive orange groves (right), the train runs
through the valley of the San Juan river, the great
Pan of Matanzas (1,000 feet) being the most prominent...”
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