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can only be obtained by means of a passport properly viséed by 
the Haytian Consul-General in New York. After securing en- 
trance to the land, little could be accomplished in the interior 
without letters of recommendation. Mr. Geffrard Cesvet, the 
Consul-General here, kindly gave me before departure a letter of 
Fic. 27. Low woodland near the coast, showing the effect of wind upon the trees. 
this nature to Gen. Turenne Jean-Gilles, governor of the depart- 
ments of the north and northwest, setting forth the purposes of 
the expedition. Immediately upon arrival at Cap Haitien I pre- 
