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Hurricanes, le frequent than in Jamaica, sometimes cause widespread desolation. The soil of Cuba is a marvel of richne , and a large part is still covered with virgin forest. The vegetation of Cuba also includes tamarinds, palms, ferns, lianas, etc. Among the cultivated products are sugar, tobacco, coffee, cacao, rice, maize, cotton, esculent roots and tropical fruits. Among the animals are a species of taille rat peculiar to Cuba, a great abundance of birds. Of noxious ani- Cuba mals and insects there are the crocodila, oe and mosquitoes. The rivers and seas are well stocked with fish, the turtle abounding in the shallows and sandy places of the beach. The pane production of the island is sugar. In a single year Cuba has produced over 11,000,000 tons of this article for export.