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Now dry season, no rain since October. Barahona tovm 
of <2~3000 inhabitants. Headquarters of 3. Oo. v/hose big sugar 
plantation lies just north of tovfli. Generally two or three show'ers 
a week. Principal ejqport is coffee from Bahoruca. Mountains behind 
the tov/n. Two poor hotels. Water by B. Co. Pipes introduced into 
town. It is rather a beastly place. 
Paradi s is a village on sea shore about 12 miles (31 km. by 
road) S.S. of Barahone. The road is bad and it takes 6-9 hours to 
travel it on mules. Contains about 150 houses. Harbor is dangerous, 
A good sized river empties here, xvhich drains the Bahoruca mountains. 
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Herman * s coffee plantation is about 12-1500 ft. above mradis. 
and about an hour K.E. of the village. Has been cleared about 11-12 years. 
Baron -urKheim stayed here several months, also padre Puertes at various 
times. . 7.r~ h&b' I, I j XX j 
TRUJIH - a small poor village about 14 miles south of 
Petit Trou. It stands on v/est shore of a large salt lagoon (which is 
about 9 miles long by 2-l/2 wide). Soil probably fairly fertile, though 
semi arid and very dry at this season. Only one source of drinkable water 
in a cave near lagoon. 
Lagoon is separated from sea by a narrow low isthmus of land - 
l/4 mile wide, country mostly flat, very rocky(circle north) end only 
comparatively recently elevated above sea level. 
(Fcb.^- /V, ) 
PETIT TROU (or EIBIQUILLO) is a village with a small harbor 
about 29 miles (by land) southwest of Barahona. Cood water about ten 
minutes behind tov/n. Contains 100 houses (about) and is rather poor. 
Supplies to be had in limited quantities. Arid and dry at this season (Feb)" 
(i^eK7; Feb. .3- -17, 
