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Cuba Libre 247
the dewy grass for several evenings, and they take
the exact form of your feet and fit like a stocking.
The material is stout and the sewing an honest, old-
fashioned stitch — strong and reliable. The largest
shoe shop is said to be Gibara in Oriente, where
thirty workmen sit side by side stitching and cutting.
Saddle-making has come to be an art in these
forests. The army McClellan tree is taken as a
model and perfectly duplicated in light cedar, covered with sheepskin. Brass trimmings and rings are
cut in the gun-shops on the pattern of those used in
our army. The result is a neat, light McClellan,
with no flaps, properly fitted with pommel and
cantle rings, lacking only the Mexican cinch and
lastigo to be perfect for business or exercise. When
you consider that the Mambi carries no other
pack than his hammock and a blanket, or waterproof, the lightness of this saddle makes it superior
to our own regulation McClellan.
In other "talleres" broad-brimmed straw hats —
each one of them two days' work for one man —
are turned out, together with thick straw " suda-
deros," or saddle packs. A blanket is too precious
to put under your saddle, and straw is soft and
cool.
Ropes are woven from strips of the inner bark of
the " mahagna." They are stout as the best of
hemp, and serve to " lariat" horses at night, when
they graze on the savannas. The peasants' art of
making candles from beeswax, with twisted strips
of linen for wicks, comes into requisition, and there
are " talleres," too, where balls of beef fat and the
ash of the " guasima " wood are rolled by hand into
| Title | Marching with Gomez |
| Creator | Flint, Grover |
| Publisher | Lamson, Wolffe and company |
| Place of Publication | Boston, New York [etc.] |
| Date | 1898 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000294 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | Cuba Libre 247 the dewy grass for several evenings, and they take the exact form of your feet and fit like a stocking. The material is stout and the sewing an honest, old- fashioned stitch — strong and reliable. The largest shoe shop is said to be Gibara in Oriente, where thirty workmen sit side by side stitching and cutting. Saddle-making has come to be an art in these forests. The army McClellan tree is taken as a model and perfectly duplicated in light cedar, covered with sheepskin. Brass trimmings and rings are cut in the gun-shops on the pattern of those used in our army. The result is a neat, light McClellan, with no flaps, properly fitted with pommel and cantle rings, lacking only the Mexican cinch and lastigo to be perfect for business or exercise. When you consider that the Mambi carries no other pack than his hammock and a blanket, or waterproof, the lightness of this saddle makes it superior to our own regulation McClellan. In other "talleres" broad-brimmed straw hats — each one of them two days' work for one man — are turned out, together with thick straw " suda- deros," or saddle packs. A blanket is too precious to put under your saddle, and straw is soft and cool. Ropes are woven from strips of the inner bark of the " mahagna." They are stout as the best of hemp, and serve to " lariat" horses at night, when they graze on the savannas. The peasants' art of making candles from beeswax, with twisted strips of linen for wicks, comes into requisition, and there are " talleres," too, where balls of beef fat and the ash of the " guasima " wood are rolled by hand into |
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