The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-29
him. With two cannon and considerable

/ to him, with two cannon and considerable
stores.
Orr party started over the mountain
range on a beautiful morning in May,
preceded by men with machetes, who
| cleared up the old trails. The machetes
also came in handy to draw rations OF
sugar cane from the plantations as we
| marched along, rs well as to slash a W'lld
crceper with II juicy STEM which grows
along the mountains and affords a re-
freshing draught. of wholesome water. AS
| we marched we disturbed quantities OF
game and stirred UP small droves OF mon
keys occasionally Moccaws Of most
| beautiful coIors were frequently seen, and
parrots and other birds In great numbers.
| We passed lovely ferns, some OF them
twenty feet high. and found Quantities
| OF the thatch palm, whose handsome
| fan-like leaves are used to cover the cot
| tages of the people, We also saw tine
lwild pineapple, with Its largo spike Of
purple flowers and pink calix. On the
rocky points were magnificent cactus and
flowers everywhere. 1t seemed like fairy
land.
Now and again we come to planta-
ton In charge Of n government over,
seer. and obtained all the bananas ana
other fruits that we wanted. THESE
plantations were developed and culti-
waited by French owners until the revo-
luton drove them away. The remains
OF tho splendid mansions OF stone and
brick serve now for the black laborers
to build their thatch rooted shanties
against No more romantic places for an
artists study could be found than amid
the grand ruins of this extinct clclliZa-
ton, magnificent villas with their pill
lars, balconies, and ground walls OF
stone overrun by the luxuriant yegeta-
/, ton Of the tropics. In no other land was
| the plantation houses so magnificent.
cEateaus that equallcd any In Europe
with their grand lawns. fountains, and
statunry, and excelled them In the won-
derful wealth of trees and shrubbery.
Frequently inside the massive walls 'of
these old mansions carva nut palms and
bananas grow luxuriantly and beneath
| their shade tho negroes cluster In their
| slanties. What contrast 1t affords OF
1 the past and present,
Along the streams the bamboo, the
| most graceful of the Woodlond' produce
| tons, Grows In beautiful profusion huge
1 hollow stems with tho leaves all bunch-
ed at the top. ana nothing can be pref
| tier than an orange grove from which
| We frequently regnled ourselves,
4 II we reached cJacmhl after dark the
second night. and sent In demand for
1 It's surrender. The commanding ofcer,
| Colonel L,trobe, said he would answer
/ IN the morning, whereupon we advanced
4 In lina of battle on his men,s who We're
| drawn up In the plaza. to the number OF
I about one hundred, and commenced flr-
ing. But when the people built fires N
!! The streets In the rear OF the govern
ment troops and commenced firing on.
4 them from the houses. the colonel sur:
\ rendered and, after disarming Ills men,
We put them In the church under guard
4 Next day VIC held ~ consultation WIN
thc Reyol,,tionary committee, and found
A the town we'll supplied with stores and
munitions Of war, The town y on he
i!gsoutlrSside sotf tile island and IKE most,
West !na!a gaytss thsss Y 4 s. q,