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Tue Jan 12 05:43:39 CET 2010

Aggrieved, and departed, taking his men and his flags with him. The
_Thetis_ steamed out of Havana harbour again at eight o'clock that same
morning. It is unnecessary to follow in detail the course of the
voyagers during the pleasure cruise upon which they had embarked; for
while they thoroughly enjoyed themselves the cruise was absolutely
uneventful. Suffice it to say that, proceeding in a very leisurely
fashion, they completely circumnavigated the island of Cuba, calling in
at Matanzas, Cardenas, Nuevitas, Guantanamo, Santiago de Cuba, Trinidad,
Xagua, Batabano, and other more or less interesting ports on the coast;
sometimes remaining only a few hours, at other times spending as many
days in harbour, while Don Hermoso made certain mysterious excursions
inland and had secret conferences with more or less mysterious people,
during the progress of which Jack, Carlos, and the two ladies enjoyed
themselves amazingly in the steam pinnace, in which craft they made
excursions up rivers, and prowled about among romantic cays to their
hearts' content. Then they crossed to Jamaica, where they enjoyed ample
opportunity to compare the condition of that island, under British rule,
with Cuba under the government of the Spaniards, as also to learn how
the Jamaicans construe the word "hospitality". Dances, picnics, dinners
at Government House and elsewhere, balls at Up-Park camp and on board
the battleships at Port Royal succeeded each other with bewildering
rapidity; while they were positively deluged with invitations to spend a
week or more on various sugar estates dotted about here and there in
some of the most beautiful parts of the lovely island: small wonder was
it, therefore, that six full wee
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