Worcester daily spy

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a healthy country, especially in the interior

among the mountains.

The eastern portion of the island is constantly

swept by trade winds, and is, therefore, much

more healthy than Hayti, to which the ravages

of yellow fever are chiefly confined. The com

missioners have given special attention to the

matter.of health, and besides getting informa

tion from other quarters, have charged two

medical gentlemen to report specially upon it,

and their conclusions are that the popular idea

that the Dominican territory is particularly un

healthy, and that persons visiting are peculiar

ly liable to lever, is eiuirely erroneous. The

general health and longevity are quite equal to,

and probably greater than, that of ihe United

States, as a whole.

Taking the year through, as mueh agricultural

work can be done, without affecting health, as

in our middle and western states and with greater

results. Earthquakes have done no serious

damage in the island since 1846, and, though

slight shteks occur almost every year, they are

so inconsiderable that scarce one in a dozen of

the inhabitants is aware of them. Hurricanes

are not inlrcquent, sometimes attended with

considerable damage. The island has several

rivers, navigable for u short distance into the in

terior, while the great bays, Humana, Ocoa aud

Munzamlla, admit vessels of the largest dnvft,

though only the first lias any importance in a

military point of view. The commissioners

state that the advantages of the acquisition of

Humana bay would lie a powerful military and

naval station, and, doubtless, the ultimate

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Worcester daily spy. (1871). Worcester [Mass.], 1871-04-06. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83021205/1871-04-06/ed-1/?sp=1

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Worcester daily spy, 1871-04-06.