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“...368 POCKET GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES
ACCOMMODATION. The hotel accommodation both in
Haiti and Santo Domingo is extremely poor even in the larger
towns, and visitors to the smaller towns must be prepared to
rough it considerably.
COMMUNICATIONS. Haiti and Santo Domiijgo ca.n be
reached by passenger steamer from New York direct and also
from Europe (see Appendix I).
PUERTO PLATA—MOCA LINE
Miles from Stations Puerto. Plata Approx. Time Taken
hr. min.
Pueito Plata 1 —
La Sabana . . . . j 5 -— 55
Barrabas ..... 8 1 2 5
Bajabonico . . . . n 1 45
Altamira . . . . . 18 2 42
La Cumbre . . . . 22 3 5
Navarrete . . . . 29 4 22
Las Lagunas . : . . 1 34 4 5°
Santiago . . . . . 42 5 3°
Pena . . . . . j 50 6 35
San Victor . . . * 55 7 12
Moca . . . . . j 60 7 55
SANCHEZ—MOCA LINE
Stations ' Miles' .from Sanchez Time Taken
Sanchez ..... hr. min.
Almacen (Villa Riva) 21 I ?5
La Ceiba . 28 1 55
Barbero (Pimentel) . 33 2 30
Baird (La Jina) 45 3 15
Macoris (San Francisco) 52 3 45
Las Cabullas .... 55...”
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“...offered for sale many of these ox carts.
They were painted in elaborate style and appeared :
perfect in every respect, their wheels at first being so '
well made, that they never creaked or groaned in the . t
least. But this proved their undoing. The Costa &
Rican preferred a wheel which bumped and groaned 11
because it was " company ” for him at night on the
lonely country tracks. So the axles were altered and
the wheels made to creak and groan. Then, and not j
till then, the carts were sold.
The Sabana or Savannah, a large open space on the
outskirts of the town, between two ranges of the Cor-
dilleras, can be reached by tram or carriage. Here
there is a small lake for boating and golf links, while
in one comer a coffee factory can be inspected if arrange-
ments have not been made to visit the larger beneficio
of La Gloria on the return train journey to Port Limon.
The Grand Hotel Frangais at San José, conducted by I
M. Henri Corcelle, is strongly recommended....”
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