A summer on the borders of the Caribbean sea.

CONTENTS.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.
Introduction	vii
LETTER I.
From New York to Puerto de Plata—Smoothness of the Voyage—Hayti in the Distance—The Custom-House Officers—Description of the Standing Army—Unparalleled Scenic Beauty	13-19
LETTER II.
Want of Information—One side of a Question—The other side—Causes of the decline of the Spanish Colony—Subsequent history	20-30
LETTER III.
Corpus Christi—The Farm of the Fugitive Slave	31-35
LETTER IV.
First Ride in the Country—Pastorisa Place	36-41
LETTER V.
Valley of the Isabella—Customs of the People—A Call for Dinner	42-50
LETTER VI.
On the way to Porto Cabello—Antille-Americana—Immigration Ordinance	51-61
LETTER VII.
Proposed American Settlement—A Picture of Life—Tomb of the Wesleyan Missionary	62-67
LETTER VIII.
Summary of Dominican Staples, Exports, and Products	69-75
REPUBLIC OF HAYTI HISTORICAL SKETCH.
LETTER IX.
State of Affairs previous to 1790	76-83
LETTER X.
Affairs in France—Case of the Mulattoes—Terrible Death of OgÉ and Chavine	84-92
LETTER XI.
Tragedy of the Revolution—A Chapter of Horrors (which the delicate reader may, if he pleases, omit)	93-104
LETTER XII.
Tragedy of the Revolution, continued—Rigaud succeeded by L’Ouverture—L’Ouverture duped by Le Clerc	105-115
LETTER XIII.
The War Renewed—“Liberty or Death”—Expulsion of the French—Jean Jacques Dessalines, First Emperor of Hayti—The Aurora of Peace—Principal Events up to present date—Geffrard on Education	116-127
GRAND TURK’S AND CAICOS ISLANDS.
LETTER XIV.
An Island of Salt—Honor to the British Queen—Sir Edward Jordan, of Jamaica—A Story in Parenthesis—The Poetry of Sailing	128-137
BRITISH HONDURAS.
LETTER XV.
Off Ruatan—The Sailor’s Love Story—Sovereignty of the Bay Islands—English vs. American View of Central American Affairs	138-150
CONCLUSIVE SUMMARY.
LETTER XVI.
Concise Description of the Spanish Main—Dominicana Reviewed—The magnificent Bay of Samana—Conclusive Summary	151-160
APPENDIX.
The Anglo-African Empire—Opinions of distinguished Statesmen and Philanthropists	161-179

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