Geography of Hayti. 
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The plain of Neybe measures 469 square miles, and yields 
the same kind of produce as that • of Azua. 
The lowlands, situated at the foot of the Bahoruco, to the 
East and West, comprise an extent of surface measuring 820 
square miles. They would offer the same advantages if 
cultivated. 
The plains of St. Jean, of Banica, and of Hinche, called 
the valleys of St. Thomas and Goave, cover a surface of 1172 
square miles. The cattle raised in these rich pasture lands 
form the principal branch of industry for the inhabitants of 
these parts, who have much increased since 1822. All the 
other products of the country are also easily obtained. 
The plains of the North, starting from the river of Massacre 
as far as the limits of Port Margot-, may be estimated as covering, 
all together, a superficies of 1055 square miles. The sugar¬ 
cane is here advantageously cultivated. 
The plain of Cut de Sac, near Port-au-Prince, measures 20 
miles from East to West, while its breadth, from North to 
South, varies from 6 miles to 10. It was not until 1724 
that the sugarcane was here planted. The usual aridity of this 
p lain forced the inhabitants to resort to the irrigation of this 
precious plant in 1730; and the effects of this powerful natural 
agent were such that before the Revolution, about fifty million 
pounds of this article were produced. This immense result is 
no longer obtained. 
The plc^in of Gonaives may be estimated at 141 square 
miles in extent. It yields principally a cotton which is highly 
valued. 
That of the Artibonite, which is watered by the river of this 
name, and by many other smaller ones, appears to have been 
formed by deposits from these rivers, since, at a depth of 30 
feet, there have been found different beds, in which have been 
discovered leaves and branches of trees. Sugar and cotton are 
grown here. Its surface is supposed to cover about 263 square 
miles. 
