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over — but such things are liable to happen in a country where 
the roads are as abominable as they are in Hai 
To return to this trip, so abruptly pear The Limbeé 
River wends its way between high mountains, through deep val- 
leys with jean as sides. The road, rather rough trail, 
follows the contou the mountain cay itch steep ascent on 
the one hand, ae on ne other at times a descent of 800 to 1,000 
feet into the valley below, where the silver thread of the river 
could be seen, and the faint sound of its roar heard as it tumbled 
and rushed over the rocks and stones. We followed this valley 
for some miles, gradually ascending, until we finally passed from 
it through a mountain pass, at an elevation of about 2,200 feet, 
into the Plaisance plain. A few miles beyond this point we came 
to Marmelade, which I had visited during my trip of 1g03. This 
place, as I stated in my report on the explorations of that year, is 
on the edge of the pineland country, and has an elevation of about 
2,500 feet. The general in command here was our host for the 
night. We spent the afternoon of our arrival in collecting ona 
small mountain with an elevation of 2,750 feet, about one half 
mile to the east. This had been desolated by the destruction of 
the timber around it, and vegetation, once that of a humid forest, 
was fast falling into a decline. The collections made here, includ- 
ing a number of interesting forms, comprised nos. 1229-1249. 
One of these was the wild carrot, Daucus Carota, which was 
becoming a weed in the fields. 
The following ee August I, we pitched camp along the road 
to San Michel, about two miles from Marmelade. This camp, 
no. 4, was in the pineland, at an elevation of 2,450 feet, sur- 
rounded on all sides by m pA rising 500 to over 1,000 feet 
igher he mountain immediately across the road from our 
camp was ascended, and proved to ee 3,050 feet high. Another 
mountain, ascended on the following al August 2, had an 
sien 3,150 feet. The ascent of a third mountain was 
pane but one of the party was not ui to the occasion, 
for those who have lived any length of time in Haiti do not seem 
to be good mountain climbers, and we were obliged to desist 
after reaching an elevation of 3,500 feet. I presume the moun- 
