viii ] Ilustrations Cigar-box label showing tobacco ion and Introduction aE HAVE known and loved Cuba ever since the days of a pro- longed stay in the Canary Istinds during my early years. To the Canary Isanders Cuba waste land of rom ture of cigars they had picked up, the royal and the sugar-cane fil tobacco grows spread their verdure as far as hhave been expected, we often d exchanges of ci told me at whenever I had occasion to do so. Dr. Ortiz. then pleasar ited me to write a few words with regard to my “conversion logy, which is the occasion for the following paragraphs. lix