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We left New York on the steamship ‘ Athos,” of the Atlas 
Line, arriving at Cap Haitien on the 30th, where we were met by 
Mr. A. E. Cassé, upon the arrival of the steamer. His reception 
was most cordial, and he made us feel at once at home. We re- 
mained with him at the Cape until the following Saturday, the 
guests of his friend, Mr. Dévé, a gentleman long resident in 
Hayti, and to whom I am much indebted, not only for his kindly 
hospitality, but for many courteous acts which made the stay at 
the Cape most pleasant. 
On Saturday morning, Angust 1, we left early by private 
motor boat for Les Plantations d’Haiti, located at Bayeux, along 
the coast about eighteen miles west of Cap Haitien. This 
plantation is owned by Mr. F. Herrmann, of Brussels, Belgium, 
a gentleman in sympathy with the object of our expedition. It 
was with the permission and concurrence of Mr. Herrmann, that 
we were invited to be the guests of the plantation by Mr. Cassé 
during our stay. Mr. Cassé is the horticultural director, and it 
is due to his able management that the estate has assumed, in 
the short space of a little over two years, the advanced condition 
it now presents. Nearly one thousand acres are embraced in 
the plantation, which is largely given over to the cultivation of 
cocoa and rubber, with bananas freely planted for immediate and 
temporary shade. 
Mr. Cassé, personally, did everything in his power to further 
our plans. He is imbued with the true scientific spirit, and was 
thoroughly in sympathy with our desires and aims. Horses 
and mules, without the best of which nothing can be accom- 
plished, laborers and guides were obtained for us, and upon many 
of the journeys he personally conducted our party, giving us the 
advantage of his intimate knowledge of the country and its peo- 
ple. The motor boat, previously referred to, was placed’ at my 
disposal. At the plantation everything was done for us that 
comfort could suggest, and I feel that much of the success of 
the expedition was due to his active participation in it. 
The region visited is, I believe, the least eer in the re- 
public. It embraces a portion of the mountainous country on 
the northern side of the island, a region rarely visited by white 
