How to go, and what to take. 169 
For clothing, take as many summer suits as you can afford 
to buy; for every kind of manufactured goods is dearer in 
Hayti than in the United States. Light-colored linen or cotton 
clothing is the best; with high-crowned straw or Panama hats. 
Those who design to cultivate coffee, and will, therefore, live in 
the high lands, will need woollen clothing and blankets ; for it 
is often quite chilly in the momes of Hayti. Every one should 
wear flannel undershirts always. Sheetings, mosquito nettings, 
all kinds of female costume, and of household wear, — such as 
tablecloths, towels, and the like,—may advantageously be taken 
by the emigrant. 
Furniture, unless it is old, and will not pay the expense of 
transportation to the poi£ of shipment, should also be taken 
out; for chairs, and the finer kinds of furniture, crockery, 
cutlery, water-coolers, mirrors, glassware, earthenware, and tin¬ 
ware, are very much higher in the West Indies everywhere than 
in the United States. Glass for windows, and carpets, are not 
needed. Sofas in plush or haircloth are too hot for comfort; 
the emigrant should purchase cane-bottomed chairs, and sofas 
or seats. 
Take all your books with you; for English books can seldom 
be had either for love or money. Take your stationery, also. 
You will be allowed to enter, free of duty, provisions enough 
to last you for two or three months. While you will not be 
permitted to take advantage of this guarantee to import pro¬ 
visions for sale, you should not fail, if possible, to avail 
yourself of it for the purposes of legitimate consumption. Soap, 
fish, pork, candles, oil, and salt beef, should be your main 
articles. 
Take such carpenters’ tools as you will need. Every family 
ought to have a saw, hammer, and nails. 
Take all the agricultural implements you will require,— 
handcarts, yokes, ploughs, shovels, rakes, hoes, spades, harness, 
saddles, churns, and hives. 
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