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Leaving Pensacola--Contentment in our moving habitation--A calm--_Physalia utriculus_--A genuine nor'-wester and its accompaniments--A moment of terror--Morning at last--Isle of Pines and its products--Pirates--Water-spouts--Early history of Cuba--The Spaniards burn an Indian--Cienfuegos--The fort on the bay--Cuban houses--Clothing of the children--Cruelty to northern seamen--Mother Carey and her unlucky chickens--The fate of the insurgents, and their numerical strength--"La Purisima Conception"--Neglect of ceremonial duties--The church inside--Its lady-attendants furnish their seats--The slave receives a gentle admonition--The largest plaza on the island--The beautiful señoritas and the band-music.