HAYTI

(or San Domingo), isl. W. Indies, largest cept Cuba, S.E. of Cuba and of Bahamas, 450 m. 165 m.; 29,343 sq. m.; traversed by Cibao Mts. (Mt. Yague, 9000 ft.); isl. contains two republics, Haiti W. and Dominica in E.; REPUBLIC OF HAITI, formerly French, 10,204 sq. in.; 90 p.c. of people negroes language, debased French frequent sur rections cap. Port-au-Prince; popul. variously estimated from; 572,000 to 960,000. [Brighton 2452.