Political Inquisition. -- Fashionable Streets of the City. -- Tradesmen's Signs. -- Bankrupt Condition of Traders. -- The Spanish Army. -- Exiled Patriots. -- Arrival of Recruits. -- The Garrote. -- A Military Execution. -- Cuban Milk Dealers. -- Exposure of Domestic Life. -- Living in the Open Air. -- The Campo Santo of Havana. -- A Funeral Cortége. -- Punishing Slaves. -- Campo de Marte. -- Hotel Telegrafo. -- Environs of the City. -- Bishop's Garden. -- Consul-General Williams. -- Mineral Springs. 166 CHAPTER X. The Fish-Market of Havana. -- The Dying Dolphin. -- Tax upon the Trade. -- Extraordinary Monopoly. -- Harbor Boats. -- A Story about Marti, the Ex-Smuggler. -- King of the Isle of Pines. -- The Offered Reward. -- Sentinels in the Plaza de Armas. -- The Governor-General and the Intruder. -- "I am Captain Marti!" -- The Betrayal. -- The Ex-Smuggler as Pilot. -- The Pardon and the Reward. -- Tacon's Stewardship and Official Career. -- Monopoly of Theatricals. -- A Negro Festival. 184 CHAPTER XI. The Havana Lottery. -- Its Influence. -- Hospitality of the Cubans. -- About Bonnets. -- The Creole Lady's Face. -- Love of Flowers. -- An Atmospheric Narcotic. -- The Treacherous Indian Fig. -- How the Cocoanut is propagated. -- Cost of Living in Cuba. -- Spurious Liquors. -- A Pleasant Health Resort. -- The Cock-Pit. -- Game-Birds. -- Their Management. -- A Cuban Cock-Fight. -- Garden of the World. -- About Birds. -- Stewed Owl! -- Slaughter of the Innocents. -- The Various Fruits. 200 CHAPTER XII. Traveling by Volante. -- Want of Inland Communication. -- Americans Profitable Customers. -- The Cruel National Game. -- The Plaza de Toros. -- Description of a Bull-Fight. -- The Infection of Cruelty. -- The Romans and Spaniards compared. -- Cry of the Spanish Mob: "Bread and Bulls!" -- Women at the Fight. -- The Nobility of the Island. -- The Monteros. -- Ignorance of the Common People. -- Scenes in the Central Market, Havana. -- Odd Ideas of Cuban Beggars. -- An Original Style of Dude. -- A Mendicant Prince. 219 CHAPTER XIII.