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onditions At Haiti And. Other' Islands ;1
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;suppleenting the geographic sur- population of about 9,000, in compari- =1
vey of Haiti begun during the' summer son to Martinique's 190,000. Little is = h a
of 1925, Robert B. Hall, of the geo- iknwabuthisndsyevn
graphy department, returned to theknw aotthilndsyevn-
Republic of Haiti during the summer b h epl fHiidet t
to continue his research work as aI natural inaccessibility. Border ing the j I'm on may way to
guest of the Navy department. The !coast is an almost impenetrable
greater part of the summer was spent fringe of dense mangrove.' Behind
by Mr. Hall in making a geographicalc this mangrove swamp is a broad sa-IM
line mnud flat which extends inland =T S '
reconnaissance of the neighboringgvngrstoocyilsoeedwh-
sisands a dyt lyUingv e pen encesas thorn forest and underbrush: Thie in- -
slatd b th Uniersty.tenio highlands are the most suitable =
Mr.Hal asgrnte te seofth agricultural areas and support the -a
"Eclarier," a small ship, and incident- bunt1 of the population. "The native",
ally the flagship of the Haitian fleet,heereatrigeamlofpnerI R d
in which they made the two-week frontier, life," 'Hall remarked. "They he D iy " ls fid Z urn
stopover cruise around the southern! have an agricultural organization and
peninsula, exploring the islands of ;tl~a~so iigfriiavneb
Grane Cymie ad Ile Vaheandmost sections of the mainland. Their
reaching many inland points on the extensive,' well cultivated gardens
peninsula hardly accessible by land! keep them amply fed, and their larger
travel.
thatched houses are a distinct con-
Grande Caymite is a low limestone tract to the miniature garden methods
island having a Negro population of and smaller homes of the rural in-
about 3,000, who make a living by habitants of the Haitian mainland."
combined fishing and farming. The: "The chief handicap faced by the
limestone, composing nearly all of the! people" of L1a Gonave :is'tlhe scarcity of
surface rock, is pitted with small water, due to the surface'rock forma-
holes which are filled with water most tion of the island. The entire island
of the year and provide an excellent ( is composed of porous' limestone, hlay-
breeding place for mosquitos. During ing no surface streamis and only a few
the rainy season the mosquitos be- springs. Water holes must be relied
come unbearable, and practically the upon entirely in many' parts of . thee
entire population suffers from ma- island, and these usually go dry duri-
laria. "No form of taxation exists fing the dry season. ' It is not 'unusual
here," Hall said, "and immigrants , to see people travel' as far as. ten
from many of the West Indian island, miles for water. The 'woim-en carry_
have settled there on that account,I the' water home on their heads' in
in spite of the mosquitos and poor large gourds; which hold about a gal-
general health conditions." Ilon.' The distrfbutloh 'of population
The Isle a Vache, south of the is 'determined'' bg the'' location of
peninsula, also has a Negro popula-' springs, as there are no wells. '
tioii of approximately 3,000, and is a These natural obstacles have effec-
similarly unhealthy place. The sus- tively 'retarded attempts at coloniza-,
tendhee of the inhabitants along the lion during the past centuries.' Al-
coastal settlements is derived from ! though no definite'relics of proof have
fishing and agriculture, 'while cattle !Yet 'been found,'the' island was 'prob-
raising plays an important part in 'the ably first settled biy Indianis who fled
Interior grasslands. A small amount, from the Spaniards at the time of'thelr
of lignumn vitae is also cut and sold occupation' of Haiti. Djuring the co-
or traded to merchants on the main- lonial period of Atnerican istory the
land. French left the island untouched, and
"The boat dropped us about five it became a. refuge for riiaWay
miles from shore," H-all continued, slaves tanfd fugitives fromi justice. The
describing his experiences, "and we " Haitian governmenit is' 16w concerned
threaded our way over the surround- jini 'the solution of their hygienic and
ing coral reefs rowing ab~out four? economic' problems, as well' as the.
hours in a small row-boat, until we colonization of the island by the grant
reached the north shore of the island. of. a land concession.
We made the trip into the interior'
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The natives proved, however, to be of
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They stared at us mistrustfully, as Corona
most of them had never before seen ia
white men." a
La Gonave, the third main objective!
of Mr. Hall's research, lies approxi- Rider's Pen Sbop
mately 35 miles northwest of Port au (
Prince. It is almost as large as the, re.paIr"Ing f
French island of Martinique, having a
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