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MEXICO, CENTRAL AMERICA, WEST INDIES. 



Saint- 3Iarc, farther south on the same coast between the headlands of Pointe 

 Diable and Cap Saint-Marc, commands the outlet of the great Artibouite valle}^, the 

 richest in Haiti, comprising in its upper basin the magnificent pastures of Sainf- 

 Maphael, Saint-Michel de VAtalaye, and Hinche; lower down, the mahogany forests 

 of 'Las Caobas ; and on the plains the coffee and other plantations of Verrettes and 

 Fetite-Riviere. An isolated bluff near the mouth of the river is the famous Crête 

 à Pierrot, which had been fortified by English engineers, and which the blacks 

 defended so valiantly during the war of independence. 



South-east of Cap Saint-Marc, Mont-Roui, Arcahaye, and a few other coast villages 

 follow as far as Port-au-Prince, capital of Haiti. This city, which owes its pre» 



Fig. 197. — Gulf of Poet-au-Prixce. 

 Scale 1 ; 575,000. 



Depths. 



to 50 

 Fathoms. 



50 to 100 

 Fathoms. 



100 Fathoms 

 and upwards. 



12 Miles. 



eminence to its favourable commercial position, dates only from the year 1749, 

 when it was founded under the name of VKôpHal; the "prince" to whom its 

 present name has reference has not been identified. All its old monuments have 

 perished in the numerous fires by which it has so often been wasted, and it con- 

 sists at present of low brick or wood houses, disposed in regular blocks between 

 avenues lined with trees. The city, which is connected with its suburbs by a few 

 lines of railway, was formerly defended by forts crowning the surrounding heights. 

 North-east lies Croix-des-Bouquets, which so often changed hands during the revo- 

 lutionary wars. 



The south-west peninsula, from Port-au-Prince to Cape Tiburon, is lined with 



