CHAPTER XVII.
THE COLONY AT THE END OF THE FIRST YEAR.
The Saw Mill--The Pole Tramway to the Bay--A Tragedy in the Colony--Death of Mr. Bosworth--The Summer Season--The Country Around La Gloria--The Cuban Colonization Company--Guanaja--The Rural Guard--Organizations in La Gloria--The March of Improvements--Construction of Wooden Buildings--Colonists Delighted With Their New Home in the Tropics 212
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
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James M. Adams Frontispiece.
Map of Cuba 16
City of Nuevitas, Cuba 20
Gen. Paul Van der Voort 26
An Involuntary Bath 42
Port La Gloria 46
Author on Road to La Gloria 48
Col. Thomas H. Maginniss 52
"The Hotel" 64
The Spring 68
Robert C. Beausejour 82
La Gloria, Cuba, Looking North 88
First House in La Gloria 97
Frank J. O'Reilly 110
First Women Colonists of La Gloria. 122
Dr. William P. Peirce 126
Gen. Van der Voort's Cuban House 134
La Gloria, Cuba, Looking South 150
Group of Colonists 158
The Survey Corps 168
Interior Gen. Van der Voort's House 182
Agramonte Plaza, Puerto Principe, Cuba 200
Dr. Peirce's Pineapple Patch 208
Scene on Laguna Grande 214