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arrival, look for good roads and easy communication. If this 
plan of emigration should succeed to any great extent, no doubt 
its turn would come. 
I have not mentioned in this report certain rich tracts of 
land in the interior, as in the arrondissement of Marmelade. I 
have not done so because I conclude that, at least for the time 
being, the absence of good roads is a sufficient obstacle to 
emigration. These splendid table-lands in the interior will, 
doubtless, one day have their turn. The fertile plains of 
Hinche, St. Michel, Banica, and Valliere, must necessarily 
attract attention. Their great metallurgic wealth, their coal 
deposits, and the mildness of their climate will recommend them 
as districts rich in promise for the future. The surveys which 
your Excellency will cause to be made will bring out in bold 
relief all these peculiar advantages. 
I have taken no notice of mountain lands. It is neverthe¬ 
less necessary to note here, that Government has many excel¬ 
lent lands of this kind. There is a needless alarm as to the 
difficulty of transporting product in a hilly country. This 
should not be lost sight of, however, that in such parts of the 
country, much less labor is required ) and that, besides provisions 
and vegetables, which grow there in abundance, coffee, cocoa, 
and cotton succeed admirably. It is easy to cultivate these 
things, and they do not require any large outlay. This should 
not be lost sight of. In all the districts of the Republic there 
are immense tracts of this description, — all they need is 
laborers. 
These laborers are presenting themselves, President. If the 
small emigration from Louisiana seems to prefer the district of 
St. Mark, other proposals are made to us in view of the North¬ 
western section. All we have to do is to direct these currents 
to the points where the probability of success is greatest. The 
direction of agents abroad is necessary in order that our plan 
may succeed. It is quite natural for a man, before going to a 
