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The Animal Kingdom. 
for drawing; their flesh, in consequence of poor feed and had 
slaughtering, is often dry and tough, as compared with Ameri¬ 
can beef. Emigrants should bring yokes with them; as the 
“ habitans ” of Hayti use ropes, tied to the horns or to a 
straight stick, —the usual method of the West Indies, — which 
requires ten oxen to do what one could easily perform. The 
cows give good milk; but very little cheese and butter is made. 
These are imported from the States. Emigrants should stop this 
trade by bringing churns with them. Calves are rarely killed. 
It requires an order from the police officers to kill beef-cattle, 
sheep, or hogs. This law prevents theft. Sheep flourish, and 
their flesh is delicious when properly slaughtered. They are 
never sheared, although their wool, when they are young, is of 
fine quality. In consequence of this negligence a lucrative 
commerce is lost; the creature suffers; and the fine wool gives 
place to a long, coarse hair, as soon as the animal attains its full 
growth. Goats prosper, and them milk is generally used, and 
their flesh eaten. At Furey,* about 20 miles from Port-au- 
Prince,— where there are forests of pine trees and other woods 
and vegetables of the temperate zones, — a friend of the editor 
recently purchased a goat for a Spanish dollar. Dogs and cats 
would socn become extinct, if not kept up by the introduction 
of foreign breeds. Eats and mice are found ; hares and rab¬ 
bits are rare. It is probable that emigrants might profitably ' 
introduce various breeds of the different domestic animals with 
advantage to themselves and the country. 
BIEDS. 
All kinds of poultry known in the States are common in 
Hayti; the flesh of the turkey is particularly delicious. As 
it costs nothing in the country to keep poultry, and as they 
nA only do not injure any of the staples, but destroy the mis¬ 
chievous cockroach and other obnoxious insects, it would be 
* At this place the Government have established a model farm. The ther¬ 
mometer there ranges thus, 58° (Fahrenheit) at early morning; 78° noon; 61° m 
the evening, in the hot months of July and August. 
