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H AYTI, when discovered, contained very few animals, and 
of these one species only remains, the agouti, a rare and 
inoffensive creature about the size of a rabbit. 
DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 
All of our domestic animals are abundant. The horses are 
small, but of great endurance; resembling, in both of these 
respects, our Indian ponies. They are never shod. They are 
of the Andalusian breed, spirited, swift, require little care, and 
have a fine gait. Those belonging to the lower class are lean, 
shaggy, and never groomed. From $700 to $1,000, Haytian, 
is the- average price for a good horse in the country; but in 
the towns they ask much higher; sometimes, but rarely, very 
fine horses sell at from $4,000 to $5,000. Emigrants should 
bring out their own harness, as the Ilaytians generally use 
ropes only, made out of the bark of the cocoa-tree and other 
vegetables substances. If the emigrant buys saddles, he should 
remember that they must be fit for ponies, — not large horses. 
Asses and mules, which are the chief carriers in the country, are 
very common and cheap. Asses, from $100 to $400, Haytian; 
mules from $500 to $2,000, Haytian. Hogs are lean, and 
active; their flesh is said to be good; it is never cured, but 
sometimes dried in the sun; the race requires to be crossed with 
fatter breeds. Wild hogs abound in certain districts. Oxen, 
also, are small, and lean; they are much used in- the interior 
