Fossils of prehistoric fauna, 6; of human remains, 14. France wishes to purchase Cuba, 77. French Revolution, effects of the, upon the West Indies, 64; remarks upon the, 271. French settlers, persuade the Cubans to enlarge their sugar plantations, 4; large emigration of, in 1765, 61; they introduce the art of apiculture, 61. Fruits of Cuba, 4; oranges, bananas, etc., 154. Funeral rites, 200. G. GALEGOS, immigration into Cuba of, 17 (in note). _Galleria_, the, 145. Gambling in Cuba, 144. Game, prehistoric, 6. Garcia, Manuel, the brigand, 101. Genoa, the birthplace of Columbus, 238; description and appearance of, 247; the trade of, 255. Genoese, the, 252; the piety of the, 253. Ghosts, Cuban belief in, 198. Gomez, Maximo, Commander-in-Chief of the rebel forces, 93; he retires to San Domingo, 95. Government of Cuba, 74 (in note); the bad, 77; its backwardness, 115. Governors, magnificence of the, 54; their rapacity, 74. Grant's Town, 228. "Green snake," the, 232. _Grenada Gazette_, 266, 271. Guajiros, manners and customs of the, 162; their supposed relationship with our own costers, 165. Guanajay, 219. Guava jelly, 217. H. HASKETT, MR ELIAS, Governor of the Bahamas, 267. Hatuei, the Cacique, bravery of, 15 (in note). Havana, the city of, society in, 23; founded by Diego Velasquez in 1519, 49; obtains civic rights under Las Casas, 50; burnt by the buccaneers in 1528, 53; rebuilt by Hernando de Soto, 53; sacked afresh by the buccaneers, 54; attacked by the Dutch under Admiral Jolls, who is repulsed, 54; first theatre opened in, 56; attacked and taken by the English under the Duke of Albemarle, 1762, 60; Tacon rebuilds part of the town, 72; Diego Velasquez calls Havana "La llave del Nuevo Mondo," 121 (in note); view of the town from the harbour, 121; the houses of, 123; the Cerro, 125; aristocracy of, 126; cathedral, churches, promenades, gardens, streets, etc., 126; mode of shopping in, 127; the Botanical Gardens, 127; eventide in, 129; coaches, 131; the churches, 132; charitable institutions, 137; the beggars of, 137; the Carnival, 139. Havana University established in 1721, 18; several chairs created by Las Casas, 19; almost entirely governed by Cubans, 112. Heredia, José Maria, Cuba's greatest poet, 184. Holy Week in Santiago, 181. Horses, scarcity of, in Cuba, 55. Hotels in Matanzas, the, 152. Houses of Havana, the, 123; of Matanzas, 157. Howe, Lord, Governor of Barbadoes, 266. Hurricanes, 2 (in note). I. IGUANA, the harmless but hideous, 9; roast, 217. Indian and Colonial Exhibition, 257. Indigo, 4. Inhabitants, earliest, 14. Inquisition, or Holy Office, first introduced into Cuba, 18; used against State prisoners, 58. Insects, disagreeable, 8; several insects first introduced into Europe from Cuba, 8; the cucullo, 8; mosquitoes, 126. Institutions, charitable, 137. J. JAMAICA, 275; an earthquake, 276.