The story of beautiful Porto Rico; a graphic description of the garden spot of the world by pen and camera... By C. H. Rector; profusely illustrated ... by...Wilbur F. Turner and two maps - Softcover
Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ... Spanish and pronounce it well, or the children will not understand them; but we should lose no time in planning and starting the great work. Institutions for secondary education are scarce on' the island. CHURCH AND RELIGION. The Roman Catholic Church religion is the only one existing in Porto'Rico. It is the official or state religion and the churches and the clergy are supported by the state from general taxes. The island has a bishop who is subordinate to the archbishop of Santiago de Cuba. We, in the United States, have no conception of the manner in which the whole public and private life in countries exclusively catholic, is pervaded by the intimate relations to the clergy. We took pains to get the opinion of the Porto Ricans as to the effect of the imminent arrival of American protestant missionaries, and were surprised to find much indifference. 57 PRODUCTS. The principal products of Porto Rico are sugar, coffee, tobacco, and cocoanuts, but the variety of fruits and vegetables outside of these named are almost innumerable, oranges, lemons, limes, pineapples, bananas, alligator pears, mangoes, papas, mamas and guavas, and of vegetables, beans, rice,corn, sweet potatoes, and almost every vegetable that grows in our land. All are plentiful. Wheat, rye, oats and barley must be imported; the potatoes raised are of a poor quality. The time it takes various fruits and vegetation to bear or mature differs greatly. The coffee tree takes four years to produce, and then the yield is small, and not till the tree is seven years old is it counted at its best. Before planting coffee a plentiful shade must be provided. For the first two years a temporary shade is furnished by banana trees, and after that larger trees are planted and trained to...
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