History of Cuba; or, Notes of a Traveller in the Tropics Being a Political, Historical, and Statistical Account of the Island, from its First Discovery to the Present Time

CHAPTER XIII.

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Consumption of tobacco--The universal cigar--Lady smokers--The fruits of Cuba--Flour a prohibited article--The royal palm--West Indian trees--Snakes, animals, etc.--The Cuban blood-hound--Mode of training him--Remarkable instinct--Importation of slaves--Their cost--Various African tribes--Superstitious belief--Tattooing--Health of the negroes--Slave laws of the island--Food of the negroes--Spanish law of emancipation--General treatment of the slaves, 171