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Soon, with a glass, could be distinguished

the regularly rising table-lands and lovely

green valleys, the dark mountains standing

in the background. I was at once agitat

ed with all the anxieties of hope and fear.

We were approaching the eventful shores

of Santa Domingo, embracing as it does

the Dominican and Haytien republics.

But, however thrillingly interesting its

past history may have been, the practical

question was whether the present state of

affairs here would not be found unsatisfac

tory, and the climate hotter and less heal

thy than. was desirable, or whether the

luxuriant indications of opulence and ease

I now beheld might not prove to be more

captivating than expected, and the climate

even more delightfully salubrions than I

had dared to anticipate. I watched the

lingering sunlight, wrapping the clouds,

the mountains, and the sky into cne glow

ing and refulgent scene, with all the en

thusiasm of which my soul was capable;

but the sun went quietly down, and the

supper-bell reminded me of a fresh macke

rel. The sun and the land will come

again to-morrow, but the mackerel disap

peared forever.

Morning did me, and with it came the

pilot (black.) We entered the “port of

silver” (Puerto del Plata.) The barbor is|

a poor one, but if there be one tbing‘g;

earth deserving the description, its sy

rounding scemery is sublime. W, an.

chored, and there awaited the coming o

the custom-house officers. The officers

came—some white, some colored—ypg

with them Mr. Collins, an American gen.

tleman to whom I was addressed. He

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The weekly Anglo-African. (1860). New York [N.Y.], 1860-07-14. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030179/1860-07-14/ed-1/?sp=2

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The weekly Anglo-African, 1860-07-14.