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cotton, thirty-one of indigo, two of cacao, 
and eleven guildiveries. 
The dependencies of the canton of Leo- 
gane are coniiderable and rich. In 1788, 
they contained twenty-feven plantations of 
clayed, and thirty-nine of raw fugars, 
fifty eight of coffee, eighteen of cotton, 
feventy-eight of indigo, one of cacao, and 
twenty-five cuildiveries. 
The feat of government before the in-. 
furrection was. at Port-au-Prince. The 
canton of.this name had feveral fub-divi- 
fions. Thofe that were called Croix des 
Bouquets, Port-au-Prince, and the Plain 
of Cul-de-fac, contained altogether, in 
1788, one hundred and forty plantations 
of fugar (fixty-five of which were of 
clayed, and feventy-five of raw, fugars) 
one hundred and fifty-one of coffee, twen- 
ty-two of cotton, fifteen of indigo, one of 
cacao, and twenty-nine guildiveries. 
Mirebalais, a fub-divifion of the can- 
ton of Port au Prince, had, at that date, 
three plantations of fugar, twenty-feven of 
coffee, nineteen of cotton, three hundred 
and twenty-two of indigo, and two of 
cacao. 
Les-Vafes and Les Afcatraies had ele- 
ven plantations of clayed, and thirty -fix of 
raw, lugar, fixty-two of coffee, twenty- 
four of cotton, forty-eight of indigo, and 
fourteen guildiveries. 
The canton of which St. Mark is the 
princi, al place, and that where its pro- 
duce is fhipped off, is the laft that be- 
Jongs to the French weftern part of St. 
Domingo. 
it comprehends the fub-divifions of St. 
Mark, Les Verrets, Petite Riviere, and 
Gonaives, containing altogether ftorty- 
three plantations of fugar (twenty-two of 
clay:d, twenty-one of raw, fugars), two 
huodred and ninety-eight of coffee, three 
shundred, and fifteen of cotton, one thou- 
fand one hundred and eighty-feur of in- 
digo, one of cacao, and ten guildiveries. 
The weftern part of St. Domingo is fe- 
parated from the northern by the Mole of 
St. Nicholas, which lies partly on both. 
At its extremity is a fine harbour, fafe 
and commodicus. ‘* Nature (fays the 
Abbé Rayna!) in placing it oppofice to 
the Point of Cape Maily, in the ifland of 
Cub;:, fems to have. intended it for the 
moi imp rtant poft for the facilitating of 
navigation in the American Seas. The 
entrance of its hay is. 450 toifes wide; 
the road conduéts into the harbour, and 
the harbour into the bafon, which appears 
to have been made purpofedly for the ca- 
reening of yellels. . lt has not the incon- 
Venience of ports enclofed on every fide. 
Produce and Trade of St. Dominga. 
[July 1, 
Though lying open tothe weft and north, 
the winds from thofe quarters cannot dil 
turb or delay any bufinefs carried on im 
the harbour.” 
At fome diftance from the port, but 
within the diftrict of the Mole, ftands the 
town of Bombardopolis. The employ- 
ment of the inhabitants is to raife provi- 
fions, fruits, and pulfe, for the ufe of the 
fhipping in the harbour; they cultivate 
alfo a little coffee and cotton for the Eu- 
ropean market. . 
The Cantons of the Mole and Bombar- 
de contained, in 1788, thirty-one planta- 
tions of coffee, fourteen of cotton, fifteen 
of indigo, and four guildiveries. 
The Canton of Port de Paix, containing 
‘the fub-divifions of Port de Paix, St. 
Louis, Jean Rabel, Gros-Morne, and Port 
a Piment, had, at that time, eight planta- 
tions of fugar, two hundred and eighteen 
of coffee, nine of cotton, three hundred 
and fixty-nine of indigo, eighteen of cacaoy 
and four guildiveries. 
The Cape has in its precinét feveral can-~ 
tons, namely, Ports Margot and Limbé, 
which then contained twenty five planta- 
tions of fugar, two hundred and feventy- 
two of coffee, five of cotton, eleven of in 
digo, one of cacao, and {ven guildiveries. 
Thofe of Plaifance and Borgne had 
three hundred and twenty-four planta- 
tions of coffee, two of cotton, and four of 
indigo. 
Thofe of Dondon and Marmalade had 
two hundred and fixteen plantations of 
coffee, one of cotton, one of cacao, and ons 
guildivery. q 
That of the Cape and its dependencies _ 
had one plantation of fugar, two of coffee, 
and three guildiveries. 
Thofe of Morne Rouge, Petite Anfe, 
Plaine-du-Nord, and Lacul, had feventy 
plantations of fugar (of which fixty-one 
were of clayed, and nine of raw, fugar) 
thirty-feven of coffee, one of cotton, eleven 
of indigo, and nine guildiveries. 
Thole of Grande Riviere and of Quar- 
tier Morne had thirty-fix plantations of 
fugar (thirty-five of clayed, and one of 
raw, fugars) two hundred and fifty-five of 
coffee, two of cotton, one of indigo, five 
of cacao, and five guildiveries. 
Thole of Ecrevifies, Moka, Cotelettes, 
St. Sufan, Reevux, Boifdelance, and Li- 
monade, had thirty-fix plantations of lugar, 
three of cotton, and three guildiveries. 
The canton of Fort Dauphin, a place 
for fhipping like the Cape, had, inits pre-_ 
cin&, the following fub-divifions—Ter- 
rier Rouge, Letrou, Fondfolancs, and 
Jacquefy, containing aitegether, at that 
time, 
