CHAPTER XV.

A WALKING TRIP TO PUERTO PRINCIPE.

Five Good Walkers--A Halt at Mercedes--Sparsely Settled Country--Cuban Trails--A Night in the Woods--A Cripple From Sore Feet--A Pretty Country Place--The Cubitas Mountains--Hunting for the Late Cuban Capital--A Broad and Beautiful View--Seventeen Miles Without a House--Night on the Plain--The City of Puerto Principe--Politeness of Its People--The Journey Home--Sanchez' Sugar Plantation--Lost in the Forest--La Gloria Once More 186