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Excerpt from Porto Rico and the West Indies
The following pages have been inspired by two visits to the West Indies, one just prior to the breaking out of v the Cuban rebellion, and the other during the War be tween Spain and the United States. The aspect of any people is so different in war from peace that possibly the difference has imparted too much color to my im pressions and opinions. During the last three years I have taken an active part in the movements looking toward the aid of the sick and injured in Porto Rico and Cuba, and have been thrown into contact with many natives of both commonwealths. My sympathies, it is needless to say, have been with them rather than with the Spanish administration. To them I owe the knowledge of numerous facts which would otherwise have been difficult to obtain. I am under obligations to many Americans and Porto Ricans for kindnesses shown me during my stay in that beautiful island, and more especially to major-general Miles, lieutenant-colonel Burpee, Dr. Hertzog, John Palmer, of Albany, N. Y; Captain Scott, Lieutenant Lawton, Lieutenant Otero, of the Spanish army; to Dr. Paoli, of Mayaguez; to Sen'ors Mora, Sanchez, Preston and Silvero, and to the Jesuit Fathers of Ponce, Guayama and Mayaguez. To the latter I am indebted for help in compiling the fauna and ¿ora of the island.
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