. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 344 October, 1916. American Bgc Journal] accomodation on any Amevican or English vessel. Tlie trip was not as unpleasant as it would have been if in mid ocean. Passing the island of San Domingo the boat kept close to the south shore, and steamed the entire distance by daylight, laying over night at San Domingo City. On the wes ern end of the island the country Is level, with mountains in the distance, but after passing S. D. City the mountains are close to the ocean and in places are so high as to pierce the clouds, and everywhere is a dense growth of
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 344 October, 1916. American Bgc Journal] accomodation on any Amevican or English vessel. Tlie trip was not as unpleasant as it would have been if in mid ocean. Passing the island of San Domingo the boat kept close to the south shore, and steamed the entire distance by daylight, laying over night at San Domingo City. On the wes ern end of the island the country Is level, with mountains in the distance, but after passing S. D. City the mountains are close to the ocean and in places are so high as to pierce the clouds, and everywhere is a dense growth of trop- ical forest. The land that has been cleared for cultivation is less than 214% of the entire area. If ever there was a trcpicil paradise it is the island of San Domingo, not only for bees, but for all other kinds of tropical farming that is If the country had a good government, but under present conditions it is no place for civilized people. San Domingo City is an old time place, said to be the first on the west- ern hemisphere to have been colon- ized. There are a fevy a*trac'inns f-r which the place is deserving of cndit. The city is situated at the mouth of a river and gets the full benefit of the ocean winds. There are plenty of shade trees, which with the original forest g''owth maka the atmjsplitre cooler than it would be if eve''yihing was cleared off. In the center of the city is a good sized plaza which is equal in b a ty to Boston Common, or the A'ami da in Mexico City. On the sea front is an- other beautiful park, the side facing the sea having been terraced, which sets off the entire city, giving it the look of a seaside pleasure report. The streets are wider, and the build ings more scattered than in other Spanish-Ame ican towns. The rains of the cathedral that was built by a brother of Christopher Colombus still stands. On board the ship the cabin was so Iiot that 1 had been sleeping on deck, but the night that she lay in San Domingo harbor the temperature
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