Distances from Cienfuegos to Havana--Railroads--Three classes of passenger-cars--Smoking--Rain-drops--Harvest--Lo! the poor ox--Goads--Sugar-cane in bloom--Cattle-herders--The war--Arabian stock of horses--Devastations by the insurgents--Vegetation and variety--Depots and drinking--Flowers--Fences from vegetation--Royal palm and its uses--Slaves gathering palm-fruit--Great variety of growth--Cactus family--Sugar and sugar-makers--Negro slaves and coolies--Their miserable quarters--Chicken-fighting--Inhuman treatment of the poor fowls--Matanzas--A Pentecostal illustration--"English and French spoken"--Dinner and its condiments--Matanzas Bay at night--The tough old tars--Their families on shore--The phosphorescent lights on the water--The plaza and hotel--Our French _valet de chambre_--_Siesta_--My _café_--_El volante_--Up the mountain-side--_El Cueva de Bellamar_, being a remarkable subterranean temple--Stalactites and stalagmites--Names given to the different formations inside the cave--Return to Matanzas. CHAPTER XXVII.....424 From Matanzas to Havana--Buzzards--Description of El Moro Castle, A.D. 1519--Captured, 1619, by Sir George Pocock--El Moro like the Venetian "Bridge of Sighs"--Havana a century since--Its harbor and fleet of ships--Architecture of the houses--Narrow streets--A view from El San Carlos Hotel--Beautiful moonlight on the bay--El Paseo--French coaches--Residence of the Captain-general--Ladies shopping in _volantes_--Market-house--Mules, panniers, etc.--Working-class receive an early supply of grace--No Sabbath here--"Lottera"--Beggars--Description of the cathedral--Bishop--Acolytes--Organ--Tomb of Columbus--Santo Christobal--His life and mission as Christ-bearer--Cemetario de Espeda--Its walls, vaults, tablets, inscriptions--Three bodies for sepulture--The poor without coffins--The Protestant dead not admitted in Catholic grounds--Fragility of promises in Cuba. A Ramble into the Early History of Florida.....439 Florida Gazetteer, etc.....481 Petals Plucked from Sunny Climes. CHAPTER I. A trip to Florida during the winter season is now the popular move for everybody, whether invalid or not, which those living in so close proximity as Atlanta find difficult to resist. Atlanta is a delightful summer resort, situated a thousand feet above sea-level, visited by healthful mountain breezes in summer, besides being blessed with the purest of freestone and chalybeate water in the world. The night passenger train leaves at 10 P.M. for Macon, one hundred and five miles distant. We arrive in Macon about 7 A.M., where, after being fortified with a good breakfast at the Brown House, the train departs for Savannah--Macon being the commencement of the mountain-slope which continues to the sea-shore. Many pleasant little towns are passed through on the route, most of which have never recovered from the devastating effects of the war.