New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-05-20

narrow avenues; low sago palms, who. -.
crowns spread almost from the ground. BEN, rI.-.a
in the interval. Of their inner lines, and .ssm;,
viewed from the gate, 10 form pedestal. Of r,...
the light gray .umns Of the taller trees. IL.
morotonous in its effect when scattered owe, n. -
try, produces It's best impression planted in .seh -,
nade-lke avenues; the straight lines Of eyE,as~,
trunks reminding one Of the prints Of Egyr,;.. -
nues and temple-porticos.
The sugar work Of this estate il not remarhalA,
its extent but Is one Of the neaeSt aad bestoras,,.
be seen in Caba and pleasant contrast TO N. 49,.
lees and dirty ireenios Of which one meets win :.
many.
OF our railroad trip TO Ms.anzas and brief ,.s, =.
that town, have little to say. Its harbor IS T.
bay without wharyes, the freghting Of vessels -
done entirely by means Of lighters. The town !. ~
al other Cuban towns with broader and cleaner d..
han Havana, and the shops are less Spanish IN IL.
az argement. The views Of the valley Of Yurr.
are beautiful though as have said, inferior 10 D..
of the valleys of Trinidad and Gnamscsro. Al
the sugar estates We saw in it, basin were no, s,v
class in any respect. The gorge through which q.
little Yuuur River reaches the bay is very rerart,
Bile in the PERCEPTIONS form and fantastic fre;nes 4
its rocky walls The wearing agency which eIeavs4S
II has left in the faces Of these bluffs caves half ORR
Grated and deep ragged hollows, inches and rees,,
in which the stalactites once formed in cayernow dr
ness now stand "a pillars in the open day. The ior
ton of this ravne as well as Of the siDgulsrly mcleod
valley Of which it is the outlet, offers intersar
subject Of inquiry for the geclogst. The rocks 4
which the hills next the town are formed, are v.,
modern in their date, for they abound in fossil sAss
such as bullas conchs and others hardly Distinguish
bic from those now nhabiting the adjacent sea.
The geology of all that portion of Cuba whicAl
have seen is very uniform. On the Rega side Of u,
BAY, opposite Havana, are rocks of metamorphice
plutonic character, and some gentlemen who clmhl
the peak Of the Potrerillo near Trinidad, report Sk.
lar rocks A. occurring there But elsewhere the nd
seen was uniformly yellow limestone. Sometimes,s
near Guanabuna and Matanzas II was strahdedr
very regular layers alternating with chalky bed' s
more usually hard rock, full of cavities OF rregds
form, weathered into rugged points and knobs wAia
protrude through the thin red soil with sharpns
which gives it the local name of "dente de perro,
dogstooth" limestone. found fossil shells ebandr
only at Mstanzas; corss plenty in it at TrinidS
apparently not very different from those now hvirv
ard the modern reef along the shore NJ Trinidad al
Havana closely resembles the rock OF the interior
color texture and it's peculiar rugged weahered sas
face How far all these to be referred to the SEM
modern or tertiary period remains to be decided vha
some competent geOlogist shall have spents Wne
in careful observations through different parts Of Cuh
A good book on Cuba, for the guidance and infonas
ton Of travellers, is much wanted. Thrashers repsk
LEGATION of Humboldts work contains good deal d
valuable general information, but is too much devcsl
TO notifies and statistics 10 interest the tourist, who
neither filibuster nor sugar merchant. DIR. Wmle
manns modest volume is far the best of the bcch
sae. containing great amount of information IN r.
gard TO the climate population, cultivation and na,s
history of the island, with much valuable advics 10
inval.ds but it is out Of print, and If repabbshsd
should be revised and enlarged to represent more fully
| the present aspect of things.
| The traveller who goes as We did, aud very mary
yearly do. to visit Cuba on a sudden desrmRaiia@
driven by the rgor Of our climate without fair oppcT'
tunity to prepare himself by reading or by the acs
ton of the Spanish language, is likely on his retunn
feel as if oil he saw in that interesting island had
! merely fitted before his vision like dream oSsf<
ture while he has been unable 10 attain any correct
| understanding Of il whatever No man can ieelme
strongly than the writer whose superficial and tesas
tory observations have been given in these papShhs
need 6f some good work which may do for the ann
ally.increasipg throng Of Cuban tourists what Na
rays euide-books have done for the English sra
American traveller on the European Continent; nd
Mr.. Putnam or the Appletons will do good deed
in then behalf if they will Obtain from some really
+, competent source book of this character dpas
/ lish Il with suitable maps and illustrations. ,.