The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-02-26

foreign land as truth which sometime
shall be known in all lands
! knew the way We took, for had ira.
ycrscd 1t not long before with my Old
friend, Don Miguel.
A Cuban pony will make from seventy
TO ninety miles a day in a continuous
jog or hali.rack, so easy 10 the rider that
a glass Of water could be carried in the
hand all that distance, and not a drop
spilled. For rest he never hats 10 a
walk lie simply changes from his swift
gait into what is here called a Marcia.
which is much more rapid than the walk
90 the fastest American horse Like old
lciine's Greek COurscrs, he Is absolutely
proof Fatigue, OF diet spare and slight"
and he is tue truest, most patient little
animal in TIE whole world, whether his
owner is a man OF a brute
But q Lille distance beyond Luyano
our animals showed signs Of increasing
interest and epccl, when Of a sudden,
without guidance, they abruptly turned
into q narrow path leading To- the half
mountains whose summit forms The
picturesque Eastern horizon About .
mile from Inc ca'lada this path scarcely
more tLau "a ,velllDq.cr uail EounJ
down and around the base OF a erirgy
hin towards which another pr.cin;taus
c-,e gradually rose B.iwcoo these
shat0wv sides There was barely room
for our MASSAGE i'm SINGLE file and Tie
umh'irg and srlashin,r of a d.miuufive
stream Bu, vac soon enrrrrd from this
larkeucl pa.sa.rc and we're AT once fr tho
presence lf Us sunny and beautiul a
seen. q, ever l.held VLerela, a little
mountain. sheltered valley of nerhaps
cigitv roi. In LENGTH and nalfthat width.
the little stream cirrlinr around It's eIre
on the uor.hcrn side; the clests Of the
protecting hills urrcand there scntineled
bv The cocoa tree and palm A few rude
e:ticro,' cabins Standing here and there
a'ongsid, me stream. and all about. i'm
tl.fro.f ,.i..u-eeou. snot. i,poginablc a
sroro of fenf. tLe homes of Igp,cio's
D.oola o.. t,.l Giq9o4 or Cjrsics of
Sroi,
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.nntc.lcr,5 r,-ics and 5onkics hrow.cI
sLo1, ~ ,tn Tr,,yomnn anon, whom
,,ero o. Few, .,;-,. If The uos'oble.s ho,uf,
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tter. nisit.rl sonhroTos from me iini.
INN ..ree. y,eovin, rrqssos in-o' daintv
@o,(s mr. .,ir-inr tie iui,v mondonro in
me nots above The dres while banpy
half nqk.d oI,ye...innel children rolled
ol,pt witb tho do,s and goals NJ Dlav. or
splashed and waded fla the waters of The
little stresu score of irrcrularly. dis.
posed tents covered with brown wooden
efuU kcut I'm rla.e bv sjte,yer. like hcdoe-
horne inl man, Aui,ori-,, ,,,rn.nts in
Me-, rcd and r1llo,,, ,ls,nin,,eJ conn.
nlo,cd yyta, thIre ,yas IN he seem M fr.t
glapce %. ,be nicturesouc Gjtapos' com,
I'm, The canon uos odorous vim 0oyyers
II was molodious with the eopcs of birds
tbe sounds az falling waters the laughter
Of .hI4ren and +ho.e roculiar ouicLIv