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“...miles from the centre of the town, is
the oniy really first-class hotel in Porto Rico. All its rooms
have private baths. Board and lodging from $8.00 Ui 13s. 4d.)
Hotel accommodation can also be obtained at Ponce
and Mayaguez and Coamo Springs.
k *Since American occupation, BasebaU has been
played but opportunities for visitors with athletic tastes are
fewer than in most other West Indian islands. Lawn tennis is
E?PMnarrnaadh* «Ü* tw0cGolf courses, one in the grounds of
El Morro, and the other in Sabana Liana on the Carolina Road
about 30 minutes by motor-car from San Juan. Dancing is
popular Masquerade balls are held every year during the Car-
nival at the municipal theatres.
PnertoP^„Th^principal,clu5 SaD Juan is the Casino de
Puerto Rico. There are also the Spanish Club ; the Athenaeum
°r Ateneo de Puerto Rico in the Plaza Principal, and a Countr“
Club near the Park, and the Union Club pleasantly situated at
YMC-A- °CCUpieS a
SIGHTS. Porto Rico, the Borinquen of the Arawaks
was once known...”
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“...deputies, a President with
executive power, elected by an electoral college, and an Adminis-
trative Ministry, appointed by the President.
ACCOMMODATION. At Port au Prince the Montague and
the Cosmopolitan are well spoken of. Board and lodging, $5.00
(£i os. 10d.) per day. There are also several good cafés in the
town, where the cooking is good, and the food extremely reason-
able in price.
PUERTO PLATA—MOCA RAILWAY
Stations Miles from Puerto Plata Time Taken
Puerto Plata .... hr. min.
La Sabana .... 5 — 55
Barrabas ..... 8 1 25
Bajabonico .... II i 45
Altamira ..... 18 2 42
La Cumbre .... 22 3 5
Navarrete .... 29 4 22
Las Lagunas . . . 34 4 50
Santiago ..... 4* 5 30
Pefia ..... 5° Ö 35
San Victor .... 55 7 12
Moca ..... 60 7 55...”
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“...offered for sale many of these ox carts. 1
They were painted in elaborate style and appeared!
perfect in every respect, their wheels at first being sol
well made that they never creaked or groaned in the*
least. But this proved their undoing. The Costal
Rican preferred a wheel which bumped and groaned!
because it was “ company ” for him at night on the!
lonely country tracks. So the axles were altered and}
the wheels made to creak and groan. Then, and notj
till then, the carts were sold.
The Sabana or Savannah, a large open space on the]
outskirts of the town, between two ranges of the Cor-1
dilleras, can be reached by tram or carriage. HereJ
there is a small lake for boating and golf links, while]
in one comer a coffee factory can be inspected if arrange-1
ments have not been made to visit the larger beneficioj
of La Gloria on the return journey to Port Limon.
SURINAM
Surinam, or Dutch Guiana, on the north coast of
South America between latitudes 2° and 6' N. and longi-
tudes 530 50' and...”
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