Daily national intelligencer

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is good, and affords a beautiful view of the bay.

Ther

ere are three market places—two in the inte

rior of the town and one on the shore of the bay—

11 1 .1., 19 1 W’

which exhibit a lively scene on Wednesdays and

Sundays. As the sellers and buyers are both almost

exclusively women, the chattering can hardly be

rivalled in a menagerie of monkeys; and ever and

anon there is a set to” of most comical sort, in

which there is great cry and no less wool; the main

object of the combatants being to diminish each

other’s supply of hair as well as to drown each

other’s yells. The accommodations for the display

of comestibles are decidedly primitive. A cloth

spread on the bare ground is their place of parade

in general, the cleanliness of which does not by any

means increase the temptation to purchase. Beef is

now very scarce and bad, in consequence of the non

intercourse with the Dominican part of the island

from which the supply is mostly obtained. All

kinds of butcher’s meat, in fact, are miserable but

the poultry, if properly taken care of, is good, espe

cially the guinea fowl, which is the best dish of the

country. Small birds and wild ducks are occasion

ally to be procured, when sufficient energy can be

and abundant, and with a little attention to their

got up for their destruction but they do not rival

the ortolan or canvass-back. Vegetables are various

culture might be brought to great perfection. As

to the fruits, custom cannot state their infinite

variety” or excellence. The best of them, however,

are so delicate that they must be eaten fresh from

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Daily national intelligencer. (1852). Washington City [D.C.], 1852-01-03. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83026172/1852-01-03/ed-1/?sp=2

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Daily national intelligencer, 1852-01-03.