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[[preprinted page number]] 68 [[/preprinted]] Haiti 4.

From the Consulate I received a small information sheet with a few items of interest. The area of the republic is about 10,290 sq. miles, occupying about one-third of the island of Hispaniola. At Port au-Prince the annual mean temperature is 81 degrees F. and the daily temperature range averages 19F. There is a spring [[underline]] and [[/underline]] an autumn rainy season, rarely exceedingly 100" annually. Large areas are arid and sterile. Mountains are rugged and rise to maximum of 8790". Water courses are many, rivers few! Forests mostly destroyed. Population estimated at 2,650,000 Port-au-Prince about 100,000. no other town over 15,000. 90% are negroes. The third set of photographs arrived just before we left Kingston. They are listed here.
#13. Bermuda Lily just starting to bloom, from Magnus' Veranda, July. 18, 1935.
#14. Bogue Islands in Montego Bay, from a hill to the south. (See #15), July 19, 1935.
#15. Same as #14. July 19, 1935. This was taken at same time as #14, which was taken without setting the shutter and aperture.
#16. Looking east from road ten miles south of Lucea in parish of Hanover. Similar to the Cockpit Country. July 20, 1935. This the limestone plateau country.
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#17 Roaring River Falls, in parish of St. Anns. July 25, 1935. A full-sized palm tree in the foreground. There must be quite a large volume of water going over here It is a favorite subject and tourist place.
#18. Negative exposed to light. No picture. 
[[margin note]] VIII-4-35 [[/margin note]] Drove up road from Port-au-Prince to Kenscoff via [[margin]] J [[/margin note]] Petionville. It is very rough and rather steep. Too rough to keep up speed in second gear, so I had to stay in low, - result, overheating.. It took two hours to get to Kenscoff which is only twenty miles or so. Motor was so hot then that I returned without getting to the top of the ridge. Had to come down in low so it took another two hours. The hills are rather dry, partly cultivated and with [[margin note]] I [[/margin note]] some bananas Saw quite a few butterflies and dragonflies, but no beetles. In the road I found a dead tarantula that must have had a spread of three inches. It was broken beyond repair.
[[margin]] VIII-5-35 [[/margin note]] In AM walked down into town with Ruth [[margin note]] J [[/margin note]] to get her picture taken for her Permit de Sejour. then came home in a taxi for 20 cents. The rates for hiring cars seem to be rather high, but in the city only 10¢ apiece.