_From Stereograph, copyright by Underwood & Underwood, New York_] IN CUBA Surely this is a queer-looking street-car! Did you ever ride in one like it? Perhaps if we were in Cuba we might take a ride; but if we were in a hurry it would be better to find some other way of travelling. The car seems to be well filled with passengers. I wonder where they are all going! See the boy at the side of the car, with an odd-shaped basket in his hand. Perhaps all these people are going to the tobacco fields, for as you know, a great deal of tobacco is raised in Cuba, and cigars and cigarettes are made in large quantities. Many other things grow there, too. Some plants which belong to tropical or very hot countries grow close beside those found also in colder climates; so there is great variety of plant life. Some fish with very queer names are found in Cuba: there is the “giant aguja,” a great big fish that sometimes weighs as much as five hundred pounds; the “snoring ronco,” the “galligo,” the “garfish,” and several others with names as funny. Do you know what all these fish look like? I’m sure I don’t, but if they are like their names they must be strange-looking objects. There are many kinds of animals and insects in Cuba, too; some of the insects are quite troublesome and we should not care to have them come near us. If one is making a collection of insects, Cuba is a good place in which to find different varieties. [Illustration: _A characteristic Street-car. Rapid Transit in Cuba_ _From Stereograph, Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, New York_] ORMOND BEACH, FLORIDA Isn’t this a fine long beach? Can you see how far it stretches? The sand is just as firm and hard as a floor, so the beach is often used to race on. Automobiles have made unusual records here: the sand is so smooth that they can go at great speed over it. Can you imagine how strange these automobiles would look to a child who had never seen one? We sometimes think the carriages of other countries are queer to look at, but if we had never seen an automobile before, perhaps it would look the strangest of all to us. Indeed, just after dark when the lamps are lighted they look like great monsters with shining eyes and open mouths coming towards one. Did you ever notice it?