SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, 1 93 T 



117 



p IG . no.— Varied, indeed, are the products offered for sale or barter in 

 the Haitian markets, though the amount of currency available is pitifully 

 small The slump in the world demand for coffee, sugar, and for other 

 exportable crops has greatly affected sales in the local markets. The market 

 shown is at Thomazique, a village in the Cul de Sac midway between Port- 

 au-Prince and the Dominican border. 



Fig. hi.— Market day at Cavaillon in the southwestern peninsula. This 

 village has achieved vicarious fame through being the home town of Cator, 

 the holder of the world's record in the broad jump. Not far distant are 

 the town of Les Cayes, the birthplace of Audubon, the famous naturalist; 

 and the town of Jeremie, the birthplace of Dumas the elder. 



