CHAPTER I.

THE ARRIVAL OF THE COLONISTS IN NUEVITAS HARBOR.

PAGE A New Sight for Old Nuevitas--The _Yarmouth_ drops Anchor in the Harbor--The Vanguard of the First American Colony Planted in Cuba--The Beautiful Cuban Coast--Picturesque Appearance of Nuevitas--"Distance Lends Enchantment to the View"--Character of the Colonists--Gen. Paul Van der Voort--Nearly all the States Represented--"The Only Canuck on Board"--The Voyage from New York 17