their possession was conceded by the Spaniards.
Here also the Acadians from Nova Scotia were in
temporary exile before going to Louisiana. On
the north coast opposite Tortuga is Port-à-la-Paix,
the 8 Valparaiso ” of Columbus. Cape Haitien,
farther east, has a flourishing coffee trade, and a
few miles south of it is the château “ Sans Souc i,”
which Christophe established as his royal residence
when he was king. The most eastern port is L i berté,
which has a deep harbour and is largely the
shipping point for dyewoods. A lon g the southern
peninsula on the bay side are a number of small
trading places, Grand Goave, Petit Goave, Barade-
res, Jeremie. It is a country of coffee and cacao
culture. A t Jeremie were the ancestral estates of
the family of Alexandre Dumas. On the outer side
of the peninsula beyond Cape Tiburon are several
havens— Coteaux, Port Salut (which is not safe),
A u x Cayes, Aquin, and St. Louis. A u x Cayes is
the place from which Cromwell’s fleet took its departure
for Jamaica, and at which Bolivar’s expedition
for the liberation of the Spanish colonies in
South America was fitted out in 1816. There is so
much coast-line to Haiti that there are few towns
of consequence in the interior.
Though the industrial condition is so backward and
trade is less flourishing than in former times, there are
still exports of cotton, coffee, cacao, mahogany, dye-
woods, tortoise shell, and a few other products ; and
manufactured wares and fabrics are imported from
Europe and some provisions and cotton goods from
the United States. The foreign trade amounts to