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Vacant Lands. 
Baraderes, however, there are several unoccupied properties 
forming a lot, near the shore, of about twenty-four hundred 
acres. 
The soil is very fertile, and fit for any kind of lowland cul¬ 
tivation. The river of Baraderes flows along this land. Quite 
near this river, and joining the mainland, from which it is sep¬ 
arated by a channel of little depth, is the Het a Pornie, meas¬ 
uring some twelve hundred acres of good land. These two lots 
would be a good site for a settlement of a thousand persons. 
From twelve to eighteen miles from Miragoane, is the Roehe- 
lois, a section of the country, of a mild climate, and of great 
fertility. Here there is about the same extent of vacant lands, 
belonging to individuals who are willing to come to terms. 
This arrondissement has an open port, Miragoane. It is 
within easy reach of Port-au-Prince and Jeremie, and offers 
real advantages for the disposal of produce, as well as for the 
purchase of the necessaries of life. There are numerous land¬ 
ing-places all along the shore. 
ARRONDISSEMENT OE THE GRAND ’ANSE. 
Jeremie, capital of this district, has the advantage (equally 
with St. Mark and Port de Paix) of possessing the most agree¬ 
able and salubrious climate in the whole Island. The soil in 
the neighborhood of Jeremie is fertile, and, being well watered, 
produces abundantly sugarcane, coffee, tobacco, cotton, cocoa, 
and all kinds of West India provisions. 
In the plains, Government has no very great quantity of 
land, but private pities are in want of laborers to cultivate the 
vast extent of property belonging to them. They are disposed 
to make arrangements of different kinds. The harbor of Jere- 
mie is open to foreign commerce, and flags of all nations wave 
there. Numerous landing-places facilitate the transport of 
produce. 
ARRONDISSEMENT OE TIBURON. 
In this, one of the most interesting districts in the country, 
Government owns a large extent of land. The ports of 
