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parted, and the inducements to the labors o li natry are nel-
ther numerous nor strong. Yet, in aus-picious '. of its
history, Hayti has been made abundantly productive.*
 At the time when the hero and patriot whose career we have
to describe first appeared on the s.-tne, the Lland wa4 dis ided
between two European Power : the ea't was powsesoLed by the
Spaniards, the west and .ouri by the Freni.h. It is with the
latter portion that this history is mostly i.one rned.
 Or the Spanish possessions, therefor., it may sutfice to direct
attention to two principal titles. The oldest Europi-an city is
Santo Domingo, which had the honor of giving a name to the
whole island. It was founded by Bartholomew, the brother of
Columbus, who is said to have so called it in honor of his father,
who bore that name. Santo Domingo stands in the south'ast-
ern part of the island, at the north of the River Ozama. San-
tiago holds a fine position in the plain of' that name, near the
northern end of' a line passing somewhere about the middle of
the island.
 The French colony was divided into three Provincts,- that
of the North, that of the West, and that of the South. At the
beginning of the French Revolution of I 780, these provinces'
were transformed into three corresponding Deparnnihts. The
three Proviones, or Departments, were subljliiided into twelve
Districts, each bearing the name of its chief tity. Tht twelve
Districts were, in the north, the Cape, or Cap-Franqois, Fort,
Dauphin, Port-dl-Paix, Mole' Saint Nicholas; in tn-e west, Port-
au-Prince, Lengane, Saint Marc, Petit Goave; and in the south,
J&rtmie, Cape Tiburon, Cayes, and St. Louis. The District
of the Cape comprised the Cape, La Plaine-du-Nord, just above
the Cape, Limonade, between the two; Acul, west of the Cape,
and on the coast, Sainto Suzannr; with Morin, La Grande
Rivibre. Dondon, Marmelade, Limbe, Port Margot. Plainance,
and Borgne,--thirteen parishes. The Ditrict Fort Dauphin,

 For more deLailed aeOnunut, by variouS author,, of the geography of
Haytl, its productiors. soil, minerals, climate, seasons, and temperaturoi
see Book I., chaps, 2-7, nldusive, or the Guide to Hayti.