The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-05

they find growing. Haytl is extremely fertile. probably the
most So OF any of the West Indian Islands. Outside capital,
principally French, years ago started various plantations
coffee. cocoa and sugar cane, which because Of the scarcity
of labor and later through the uprising of the slaves be-
came untenahle and had to be abandoned.
Now II a native owns any real estate during a rcvolu-
ton he will not lose his property. but merely his life. So
the people just pick what some one else has planted and
let it go Al that, with no fertilization or cultivation, Babies
are the islands best crop-it never fails.
The Haytan can operate nothing in the way or
mechanism In all the harhorS hut one the mounrfu'
wrecks of their warships grace the beaches. In the capital
are ten, with five Of them touching one another, left whore
they were run in ON the beach. When a storm comes the
Haytlans scoot for shore, and they all hop of and abandon
the vessel.
a story is told of an Italian minister who once bought
an old German warship for scrap iron, The IIaytians wantel
this steamer to carry troops and paid a high price for the
ship, The German crew sailed her into port, where she
rode at anchor a year with steam up, AS the Haytans had
used sea water her boiler was fcstooned with pillars Of salt.
she was leaking and her dynamo would not go. So the
Iiaytians, following their usual custom, headed her for
the beach, where she still is.
The HaStlan navy comprises three gunboats. one of
them, 50 says the engineer Of our ship, once started out
to go into action with 900 troops aboard and dynamite
piled high ON her decks
In the residence streets Of some OF the towns ancient
artillery, possibly cannon from one Of Napoleon's cam
paigns. rest YEARLY on wabbly wheels. blocking the way
SO tina, only "A man or a mule can pass, But as there is not
a carriage ON the island except at Port an Prince it does
no, matte. ON street corners are to he seen machine pups
hut like the cannon they won't shoot and are only useful
for the army to lean upon when it is tired,
II a fine church is erected it is allowed to fall to pieces,
when another Is huilt. The IIaytian never makes repairs,
nor does he know the meaning of maintenance. ON "A
holiday the telephone operator is not expected to work
10 any III eIS' lI 'iil natter ABOUT mar the time
IIayti tries 10 have a holiday and succeeds fairly well.
Then the telegraph system is usually out of order, a
message sent by our ship one morning from one port to
another seventy miles away saying we would arrive in
the afternoon was received as we were leaving the latter
port the following afternoon, having been thirty lone hours
in transmission. our captain remarked that il was lust
as sure and much quicker-to take your telegram with
you and deliver 1t yourself.
SkirtinG the rather pretty limestone cliffs Of the south
en coast the next place, Aux Cages. is reached. Sailing
wet the land is greener' with the cocoanut palms on the
sandy shore giving just the setting for the typical tropical
scene OF a light musical comedy. Waves break over the
reefs' On the beach a bevy OF men and women bathers,
sans suits, disport themselves in the blue water with a group
Of their friends gathered under the palms watching the
bathing party.